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Yes it means we must take importance notice of Jesus says and not says .Gospel of John chapter twenty one verses twenty to twenty four show us it matters what Jesus says and does not says .Jesus says he is son of God never days he is God we say that but we are not Jesus we can't add words not said or take words away from what is said very important not do this .

When God looked at the blood atonement and saw it wasn't changing the Sun the Holy Spirit said prepare me a body and I will go down and give myself as an offering was it God that enter that body himself and came to earth himself and dwell among us for a short period of time

Grace,

Matthew 13:55 gives us the names of Jesus' brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas. He had sisters (plural) also but the bible does not give us their names or how many.

James,

Perhaps Matthew 5:17-20?

Could someone tell me, when you die, do you go straight to heaven, or are you "in the grave" awaiting the Lord Jesus to raise you from the dead when he comes back again? I just feel quite confused as to what happens when you die.

Many thanks,

Janet

I can't help to think of what scripture teaches us when reading and studying the book of Romans. All of God's creation is seeking deliverance but only those that have been born again will find this deliverance in Christ alone. Only those that have the spirit of God have hope when seeing death all around us. We see and know the world is fallen, and creation is groaning longing for God since the fall of Man. Creation itself teaches us that they is a God and that there is a curse. People will be without excuse teaching some other way to heaven and deny the Lord Jesus that hung and died for all that would believe in him. The world that is fallen a world full of religion has polluted the minds of so many by bring in damnable heresies. Yes, he is God, you bunch devils, you

religious Pharisees and Sadducees. This is for the real religious that have not the spirit and those that don't believe in the resurrection. Hell Fire and brimstone preach let's preach Christ. Read how Jesus spoke to this crowd. Thank Lord for this it was good.

Amen. Victoria's answer is exactly how we should think regarding this. God asks we train them up (the children). This means that the parents have a choice of where their children are led to and whose hands they are put in the care in. God also holds both accountable.

As much as it may seem like everyone knows about the LGBT teaching to children in schools today -- not all parents are aware of what that really means. The school system may have a stricter policy and sometimes the child comes home and says (let's say a boy), "Mom & Dad...I've transitioned into a girl." This has really happened and when the parents investigated into it -- turns out a teacher told them in secret. We have to be extremely careful with whom we trust to leave our children with these days. There's a great wickedness out there.

I have tried to find the scripture which is a single verse where Jesus makes a statement that asserts and authenticates the entire Old Testament they all used was correct in every respect. My belief this scripture is in Matthew or Luke. Any help in finding the scripture that Jesus validated the complete Old Testament the Levites, High Priest, Priesthood, Sadducees, and Pharisees had used and relied on was what had been given and protected.

Thank You,

James H Bedsworth

Hiya Willie GBU...But under this new Covenant Gal 3:28....There is no more Jew or Gentile Bond or free Male or Female....WE are all one in Christ Jesus.

.....Willie we are all the same,....we all have to be bornagain of an incorruptible seed even by the words of God the living word as Bro. Peter tells us...without Jesus seed the living word we cannot be bornagain....Thats y he has to know us....Thats when the good seed is sown in our hearts initiating a birth of Christ in us....The son of man...mankinds fruit unto God via hearing his voice...Whosoever receiveth not the Kingdom of God as a lil Child he will in no wise enter there in...GB

What are the names of all the Jesus's siblings ?

Predestination and John 10

This entire chapter is based on the Pharisees; a blind man, the Disciples and a few others and Christ as revealed to them. along In a verse from the next chapter; Jesus states believe me; or if not at least on the WORKS I do ( John 10:38). Jesus selected or elected this man for healing; without him asking first which is noteworthy.

Verse 2 starts out with the Disciples themselves blindly following a superstitious idea that someone had to have sinned in order for the man to be in this condition. This at least partially could have been a logical concept since others had been healed who were told not to sin lest a worse thing happen to them; for instance from John 5:14. Jesus answered this "one size fits all" concept of the fate of this man by giving God's glory as a reason; as well as a prophetic hint perhaps partially fulfilled at His crucifixion; with a final one after the end of the Age of Grace in v. 4-5.

After he followed simple instructions; first his neighbors asked what had happened and if it was Him; then the Pharisees with their usual condemnation of Sabbath Day healings, they checked with the parents who verified his identity then sent him back to them; then further discourse as to Christ's character and repeated questions actually got the blind man to realize that Christ could not be a sinner as no man could do this miracle in that case. This led to him being thrown out of the synagogue; His revelation and acceptance and worship of Christ as SOn of God. Then comes the end where the Pharisees are told they remain in sin and the blind man sees spiritually and physically.

Therefore; despite continuing evidence of God's divine nature in Christ's actions; the blind Pharisees continue to be blinded by the god of this world to Christ as Lord and Savior.

Hey Giannis,

Hope you don't mind, I read your posts. I do not know if you read my post to Gary in this thread, but you commented on the Greek words in the, (my understanding a parable) Luke 16. And you spoke on Matt. 27:51-52. My understanding of this comes from what John wrote of what Jesus said.

In John 8 they were pressing Jesus who He was, and He said this in vs. 28 he does nothing of Himself, but He said when you have lifted up the Son of Man then you will know I am He. Then In John 5:25-29 Jesus said the hour is coming and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and they shall live. Now is not later Jesus is saying now which He is talking about what is written in Matt. 27.

In vs 28 Jesus said marvel not at this for the hour is coming in which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, (but He did not say and now is). This goes to your comment on the final resurrection, but I will not comment on that now.

In Matthew 27 Jesus had been hanging on that cross since 9 AM going on 6 hours, and I am sure He was going in and out of consciousness and when Jesus cried out for the last time, He may have come to which in my understanding refers to the word resurrection used in vs 53. You will know the Greek better than me, but it is a different word than the other words used for resurrection. it is egersis, meaning resurgence not necessarily from death.

But my understanding is when Jesus cried out all these things happened, the veil of the temple rent, earthquake, the rocks rent, and the graves were opened, many bodies of the saints which slept arose and went into the city and appeared to many. As you said like Lazarus.

To me vs 54 confirms what Jesus said in John 8:28 truly this was the Son of God. Many knew they just killed the Son of God. "Then shall ye know that I am He"

God bless,

RLW

Prov. 3:11-12 speaks to me differently.

"My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth".

Some troubles faced by us these days is as a result of lack of knowledge, which leads to punishment from our Lord and Creator because we have despised HIM.

However, these punishments should be seen as an act of chastening by God so that we become conscious and get back to the right path, of which we should not be weary of. In fact, he is only correcting us with such punishments mainly because he loves us - our Creator is a forgiving God.

"Can be taken together" is what I typed. Not sure why it ended up can be amen together?

We'll Alex, Exodus 3:15 does not answer my question. Verses 13, 14, Ana 15 can be amen together and it's easy to see that God is not telling Moses His name is Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

I have read through your explanation and it still doesn't add up. I will leave off from this conversation as the things you are saying are very foreign to me and I would have to throw away many years of study and start from scratch to be able to come up with the same things you are sharing. Right now I believe the Lord is putting it on my heart to stay completely clear from these things.

And by the way, God does not have any grandchildren!

Can you explain Acts 2:38

Hi Giannis,

Thanks for sharing. You make some very interesting points. I think we are slightly different with each other on some of these things, but hey, I guess there are probably a few other ways we can look at it also.

To answer your question about people who never heard the gospel message of salvation through Jesus Christ, I would have to say that they are without excuse. They will not be able to stand before God and say "we never heard." Romans 1:20 says, For the invisible things of Him, (that is of God), from the creation of the world, (from the time of creation up till now), the invisible things of God, and notice the clarity: are clearly seen, no confusion!

The comprehension: being understood by the things that are made, that is by creation. And then there's a clause at the end of Verse 20 that is an apposition to invisible things, meaning equal to. When it says for the invisible things of Him, I have to ask myself, what does he mean by that? He says even his eternal power and Godhead;

But notice the conclusion: "so that they are without excuse." And as you are aware, the word excuse, Apologea, is where we get our word apologetics from it. It is a legal term that means defense. People have no defense whatsoever. Not one human being is ever going to be able to stand before God and say "I didn't know!" And we are not talking about what registers in the mind. We're talking about what God illuminates or enlightens in a person's conscience or spirit.

Something else I take note of is Psalm 19:1-4, "The heavens declare the glory of God. And the firmament shows His handywork. Day unto day utters speech and night unto night shows knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard." Verse 3 really stands out to me, "There's no language or speech that God's creation cannot reach."

Again, no one will have an excuse. God uses creation to testify of His existence.

Plus, I think most Muslims and Buddhists know of Christ but reject Him.

Jesse its Exodus 3:15....This is my name forever and my and my memorial to all generations....God is being very specific in that Abraham Issac and Jacob were 3 distinct beings...But the 1 singular Father of Israel...Moses is being sent to Israel...Just like the Godhead is three ....Father son and Granson (the H.G.) That heavenly Jacob....And just as Abraham was multiplied as the sands of the seas....So GOD will be multipliied as the stars of Heaven....Thats y Jesus is saying to whom the word came it made them Gods many plural and the scripture cannot be broken....Do you not see the multiplication of Christs Seed is gonna be many Gods which is the H.G. plural many....As i will pour out of my SPIRIT ON ALL FLESH....Which is the gift of the H.G the Promise to all flesh....After the book is opened...They all sang a new song....We are not gonna sing this churchanity song much longer...gbu

Dear Sharol;

I just did some research on your question. It seems that soul can mean a number of things, even the Bible.

I learned that in O.T. the word "nepes" was used in Hebrew for the English word "soul" and Hebrew thought of the nepes meaning the whole person, not a separate immortal part of a person. So, in the O.T. the word soul (nepes) stood for an individual person as a unit-some of it being physical and other parts of it being immaterial (soul, spirit, mind, heart).

In the N.T. the Greek word "psyche" was most often used for soul and meant-self, individual and was considered immortal whereas the body is mortal. When one dies, our body is dissolved by decay into "dust" and yet our soul departs our body at death. Our soul will re-unite with our resurrected body and spend eternity as a unity of body, soul, spirit as it was in this mortal life.

Our soul is created by God, not by our parents, (they contribute the physical parts-sperm, ova, chromosomes, DNA) I believe at conception God creates our souls, which imparts life to the newly formed person in utero. Sperm and ova have a life span and both will die if conception does not occur. But in the merging of the sperm and ova, a new person is conceived and God gives this new person a soul in order that the physical parts will continue to live and develop in the uterus and survive until physical death occurs.

The soul has the capacity to know and love God or to reject Him. The soul needs to be atoned for since it is the seat of our life and all of our thoughts, desires, actions flow from our soul. Whenever we sin, our soul always involved with the sin.

Each individual person (soul) is a unity of our physical and immaterial aspects. A body without a soul is dead, a soul without a body is not complete. We do not have two natures-body and soul, nor three-body, soul, and spirit, nor any other way one could try to divide ourselves up into. We are a unit possessing one complex nature.

Hope this helps.

Dear Robert, I will pray for you today.

Heavenly Father, Asking You today to restore Robert's breathing to normal. Help him to lean on You for every breath and trust that You will help him regain his breathing from this episode. Father, we ask for this healing in the name of Your Son, Jesus, Amen.

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Hello Jesse

I agree with you that the parable of rich man and Lazarus is actually a real story but some details in this story make me have some questions in my mind. Fistly as I said before what are those flaims/fire? Since both persons have no material bodies but are just souls then how come the rich man is burned by flames(physical flames?). Secondly reading the story you will see the words torments/tormented in the English text in verses 23,24,25. In the greek text the word "basanois" is the word for torments in v23, which is OK. But in the other two verses the word "odynomai/etai" is used for tormented. But this word is mainly used in greek for spiritual/psycological pain, not physical pain. Why is then the rich man begs for water(physical water?)? Can it be that this story is just fantastic? Jesus just wanted to make people realize the consequences of not believing in Him and told a completely imaginary story? Just womdering.

Now lets go to Matthew 27:51-52

"52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many."

Fistly there is a mistake in the position of comma in verse 53. The comma is after the word grave not the word resurrection, so it becomes "And coming out of the graves, after his resurrection went into the holy city and appeared unto many". This is the proper sentence.

You are asking, are these all of the OT saints? My belief is no they are not. It says "many bodies", not all. Secondly iF they were all the OT saints, which they must be many many millions of them, the whole land of Israel would be full of them, vastly more than the living Israelites at that time, which I find hard to believe. I believe that those were godly people that have recently died and were resurrected, lived the rest of their lives as before and died sometime later on, like Lazarus bro of Martha and Maria.

To be cont...

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Jesse

About resurrection It seems to me there are 3 of them.

1. A pretribulation resurrection during the rapture of the saints to meet Jesus in the air. Are OT sains included? There are two opinions (I dont know which is right). The first opinion says they will be included. Those who believe that use the verse in Hebrews 11:40 "God having provided some better thing for us (the christians), that they without us should not be (the OT saints) made perfect. Others says that only the Bride of Christ, the church, will be caught up. Verses about the Marriage of Christ with His Bride church are used by those who have the second opinion.

2. A resurrection of all those that will not accept the mark of the beast and will be slaughtered during the reign of the antichrist. They will be resurrected just before the second coming of Christ, just before the fight of Armagedon. This is obvious since they will reign on earth together with Jesus for 1000 years.

3.The final resurrection of all the rest of people that died thought the centuaries, just before the Final Judgement.

Now, what is your belief about people to whom Christ was never preached (like muslims, budhists etc)? I believe that they will be judged (and be saved) according to their good life/good works as their conscious says to them. Romans 2:11-16

God Blessings.

Alex,

Where does God specifically tell Moses that His name is Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob?

Predestination and John 8

The first 12 verses describe a woman caught in adultery. The fact that the man wasn't brought as well was suspect. Jesus gave instructions for the man without sin to throw the first stone; and when He remained mercy triumphed over judgment. It should be noted; however that in verse 11 she was told to "go and sin no more". In verse 12; Jesus appeals to the fact that He is the light of the world.

Then; when disputing with the Pharisees and giving what seemed like a clear message of salvation and how He was connected with the Father; verse 27 shows that they really didn't know what He was referring to. Verses 31-32 describes what is often called "Perseverance of the saints". It makes clear that to produce good fruit; we must remain in Him; which of course is only possible for those sealed with the Spirit ( Eph. 1:13-14).

In verse 33; another lie is told; as we see elsewhere in John that they were never slaves. Then; continuing to verse 38; Jesus reveals whose father they have. They are thinking about physical ancestry; Jesus is talking about spiritual authority; and spells iit out continuing to verse 48. The situation deteriorates further when Jesus is accused of having a demon (v. 48; following v.52-53; then Jesus gives a clear statement that He is the "I am" or God Himself; and the last first shows yet another attempt to stone Him where He escapes. (See John 1:11 to summarize this book). They are spiritually blind; but held accountable having physical vision (see John 9:41; Isaiah 43:8)

Congratulations are in order! Amen Eldon and welcome to the church. Your message brought joy to me today and I want to first leave you with these verses of encouragement:

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Starting with verse 9 in Genesis 17 we see God establishes the Abrahamic covenant and with physical circumcision. This covenant was of blood from the male and established at that time (during the days of Abraham there was no law yet, no commandments) this being an early way of raising blood up. Now, thank goodness Christ Jesus was that Blood for us (especially for us men) as His Blood that he shed for us once we accept His Grace by Faith; this then circumcision is by the heart. The Apostle Paul explained it like this:

Romans 2:25

For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

Romans 2:26

Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

Romans 2:27

And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

Romans 2:28

For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither [is that] circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

Romans 2:29

But he [is] a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision [is that] of the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in the letter; whose praise [is] not of men, but of God.

I hope this helps and now that you're saved. Please find a community of fellow believers to share the good news with and stay close to your KJV Bible. It's living Word which will guide you every step of the way.

John 7 and predestination

This chapter is a continuation of a narrative indicting the unbelief Christ had to endure from all members of society. Of all His sufferings before the cross; perhaps this is the most neglected and unappreciated as it took up so much of his time and energy.

First off in verses 1-10 we see the unbelief of His own brethren (probably but possibly not necessarily exclusive to his mother; father; brothers and sisters although Joseph may have died by this point). Jesus' comment about not being His time yet could refer to the fact that He was still keeping things from those who would soon persecute Him once perceived as a threat such as Luke 5:14; or perhaps the full revelation which would occur at the cross.

Verse 15 shows once again their perception of a mere man which Christ responded to in verse 16-17 which once again shows the source of any true wisdom is from God above.

Following this; we once again have Christ validating doing Sabbath day healings to counter a repeated contentious issue. This helps to illustrate that when any TRUE miracles occur; persecution can't be too far behind.

Following this; another failed attempt to sieze Him occured with the Pharisees contending with those who believed in Christ. Apparently Elijah and a couple other prophets indeed came from Galilee; so the allegations of v. 52 were spurious. Since it wasn't His predetermined time to die yet; everyone scattered in v. 53

When we look at the concept of "planting and watering" it appears that the verse on sowing and reaping comes to mind in John 4:38 where they were "reaping what they had not worked for". This shows not only Christ sowing the seed but those who were co laborers (in this case the woman who had been living in adultery and the townspeople that discussed matters and made their own decision that Christ was indeed the promised Messiah.

What is noteworthy here are two concepts that can be illustrated starting in verse 10. Those who do the watering AND the sowing are not to be lifted up in any prideful manner. Christ was to be exalted; not Paul or Apollos as being the "better" teacher. Also; those doing the watering share in the reward which is often neglected with evangelistic campaigns today that don't continue afterwards with proper discipleship particularly with indigenous pastors on the ground today; or with crusades in the USA recently.

The famous passage about the Bema Seat in verse 15 appears tied in with the watering aspect; and seems to give further indication in the verses following that sin indeed causes burning up and loss. Many seem to say it means simply neutral actions that have no value such as activities done in church that aren't meaningful. It seems perfectly clear here that it indicates sin; and that which can damage others. I would refer to Matthew 5:19 as a cross reference here. It is clear from verse 16 also that events such as 1 Cor. 11:27 and 1 Cor. 5:5 serve as examples as well in the same book. Finally see Rev. 3:11. Losing a reward is a serious matter.

Hiya Jesse GBU...But if you think about the Godhead you can readly see....We have a Father and a Son which begs the question of a granson and equally important a 12 tribes the 12 manner of fruit that comes out of the throne an Israel of God....Without this Granson the H.G... and the H.G. is the Granson simply b/c the H.G. cannot be born in us unless Jesus sows his seed in us...thus Jesus is Truly the Father of the H.G. thus the H.G. is truly the Granson...in rank with Jacob the 3 rd person the granson ....When Jesus breathe on them they received the good seed of the H.G. as his breath was his WORD which is his seed thats y Isaiah refers to Jesus as everlasting father simply b/c Jesus is the Father of the H.G....But the child the H.G. was not born till Pentacost some 50 days later there has to be a gestation period....The Child is sprit as that which is born of the spirit is spirit the H.G. the Child of Promise....She brought forth a man child which is the H.G. That spirit of truth that Jesus said was gonna reprove the whole world of sin and judgement n righteousness.

......Jesus said that the father wd send the H.G. IN MY NAME IMPLING THE H.G. wd be born in us via the seed of JESUS THE LIVING WORD...Whosoever receiveth one such Child in my name receiveth me....The H.G. will come in his name....THATS Y HE HAS TO KNOW US THATS WHEN THE GOOD SEED IS SOWN IN OUR HEARTS INITIATING A SPRITUAL PREGNANCY....The new birth....Unless you receive the KINGDOM of God as a lil Child you will in no wise enter in...ok gtg

Hiya Jesse ... Exodus 3 :15....Thus shall you say unto the Children of Israel....The God of your Fathers have sent me unto you....The God of Abraham Issac and Jacob...And this is my name forever and my memorial to ALL generations....Thus the God head wd have to be a Father Son Granson scenario...Just like Abraham Issac and Jacob...That is gonna be multiplied as the Stars of Heaven...Which was the great Promise from Gen.22:17 KJV....I will multiply thy seed ( Christ seed ) as the Stars of Heaven...Without this Father Son and Granson scenario natural israel cd not have been multiplied as the sands of the seas.. .....Thus the Godhead wd ALSO have to be a father Son and Granson scenario IF Christ is gonna be multiplied as the Stars of Heaven....If Gods name is Abraham Issac and Jacob....Thus there wd also have to be an Israel of God....Remember God Almighty offered up his only son Jesus just as Abraham offered up Issac....Thus we see the parallel between God and Abraham

.....The Ram caught in the thicket by his horns is a beautiful metaphor for Christ and his Crown of Thorns ..The Lord shall provide himself a lamb.....Abraham tells Isaac.

.....Thus there wd have to be an ISRAEL OF GOD....As in Gal. 6 :16...If Gods name is Abraham Issac and Jacob...GB

Hello all chosen sisters and brothers of grace. I am so grateful to God that He has chosen me. Then I'm sure you are too. When i opened the Holy Scriptures today John 5. That chapter has so much to offer.

John 5:1-15 John 5:16-23 John 5:24-29 And possibly more.

A whole little study on Wednesday morning, left to you. Hallelujah God Is Good!

Stand strong in the Word and God bless you in Jesus, love u in Christ.