Bible Questions & Discussion PAGE 716

Hello Free: Yes, "a free will will end in disaster" every time when it goes against God's will. Kay spoke of surrendering to Christ and being in submission to Him. I believe that is the key to everything. The things you wrote are a perfect example of what it means to be in submission to God's will. I love how you never gave yourself credit for the things in your walk with the Lord, but you credit Him for everything. Amen!

I want to just comment on your last statement "Walk on the road and always be happy, know that we will come home to the Father Himself and see Jesus and all the loved ones who have gone before us."

Free, that is a beautiful statement. We can know with complete confidence that we one day will be brought home. In fact, it is God's will to bring us home one day, and His will can never be broken. ( John 6:39-40). God Bless you!

Kay,

You hit the nail on the head. It is best to surrender to Him. I agree. As believers, I think it is God's will to bring us through this life until we one day go to be with Him. And yes, as you say, He sometimes places hardships in our lives for a reason. We don't always understand the reason. Some even curse God when they are going through extreme hardships. But if we truly surrender to Him, we then come to the realization that our hardships are designed by God to teach us to trust Him.

When you said "Why fight against God?" it reminded me of a time in my early Christian life where I came to that realization that most of my days were spent fighting against God. I didn't realize I was doing it, but I found myself many times doing my own thing (free will?), instead of what God would have me to do. God would put it on my heart to do something but I wanted to do something else. I had to make a choice, am I going to follow God, or my own free will? Oftentimes I did what I wanted to do instead. You see, I was dictating to God how my circumstances were going to turn out. In the end, God always wins. He has a way of bringing us into submission when we choose to go against what He wills in our lives.

Thank you so much for your reply, very short, but very true!

Yes Genesis 29:16 daughter of Laban wife of Jacob

Hey Suze!

Praise the Lord!

How are you? I've not seen you in a few days...or...perhaps it's my fault and I missed a post or two...If I did, I'm sorry!

But for sure..t I try to keep my eye out for you!

I've made mention of you in my prayers, and hope you and yours are doing well!!

Blessings!

-Kay-

ELB: Thanks for the reply. I am not sure I would call a doctrine. To me it's more of a concept. I do think that God allows us to choose. When you say it is God living his life in us, I agree. He has a will for each of us if we belong to Him, and He carries out His will, apart from our choices. I like to think about the story of Jonah. It was God's will that Jonah go to Nineveh. But Jonah had "free will" and he chose to go the opposite way. We know the outcome! You answered the question straight up at the beginning by saying God's will. Thank you!

Spenser: Thank you for your reply. To answer your question, I would say no, I don't believe it is God's will to murder a child. God says thou shalt not murder but men still do commit murder. Every abortionist will have to stand before God one day and give an account. They will be held accountable. It took me a minute to get past your first statement "They are not two of an opposite," but as I read on, it makes sense what you are saying unless I am misunderstanding you. Your examples make a lot of sense. You describe a born again person exercising their "free will" and sinning against God, but then God stepping in, convicting that person and causing them to repent, turn back to God, and returning back into perfect fellowship with God. You have given a perfect description of God's will overriding man's free will. Thank you again for your reply.

Yess,You would know. God won't let you be worried. Love you!

Wisdom mother earth. eve mother of all living. peace

That's a Bid deal. Woman and Man. Air you breathe,is the spirit. You earth tone skin the ground. Adam and Eve. Father sky Mother earth. HAWAH! I Exist, I am alive. Inhale Haaaa,Exhale,Waaah! Love You!!!Qarah.

What do you say is the difference between the Standard King James Bible and the 1611?

Thank you for your time and answer.

? Where was Leah from. Is she Oriental.

If you are saying that the holy trinity isn't so? I Believe you may be mistaken the father, the son and the Holy Spirit that =3 there is the father God +the son Jesus +and the fact that he's a supernatural being with all put together says that he's capable of being in everything and and everywhere that there is a living thing he's energy he's the wind he's a perpetual motion Of love and sometimes wrath At least that's my opinion and statements of facts as I was taught to be true:)

Depends on the age/maturity of you grandson generally children are protected from going anywhere but right next to God I believe until your about 13 or 14 is when a person is mature enough to comprehend and able to read the Bible with an understanding that makes you accountable for all your actions at that maturity level which is different for all children and you don't have to go to church to go to heaven you just need to believe and accept the lord into your heart and mind and be renewed and walk the way god expects you to.

Why does it mention lion and young lion whats the difference

Your concern leads me to wonder if Jesus is calling you to evangelize the lost. You need to seek God in much prayer.

A Love for lost souls would be a requirement. Certainly The Lord desires for us to reach out to the lost: in sin, confused with drink or drugs; visual sins.

Or, you may be called to be an intercessor: one who stands between the evil and the Lord, and prays heaven down to earth to save that soul.

John 22

14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.

15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

>This depends upon our willingness to follow Jesus in the work that he performed upon earth. Jesus is part of the Godhead ( Romans 1)

We are called by reading the Word of God, the Bible. I was at a private home, praying with others

The room was ablaze with the fire of faith, at work in ordinary Christians

Indescribable fire came up through my legs to my head. I sorta slumped.

The leader in the room gave me a slip of paper with this scripture: with Ezekiel 3:19, Acts 20:26

I pray continuously for the Church, wherever they are. The Holy Ghost knows. I pray for Israel daily. I've seen the Orthodox Jews with their rituals, much books of doctrines etc. I pray for their release.

God is alive and in search of prayer warriors. Learn Eph.6

Pray Luke 4:18-20

We are The Minister.

But some will not accept this truth

People get saved out side of church for you think the thief on the cross went to church no he believed and was sorry for his sin one never knows what goes on in hearts trust the Lord and His precious love and mercy yep even outside of the Church

Hi Donna,

I'm not sure I understand, "our salvation is not a singular event.." When God got a hold of me, It WAS a singular event! He brought me to repentance, He showed me my sin, He showed me the errors of my man-made, superstitious religion - and I believed on Him and in that moment was born from above! In that one moment, God took out my stony heart, and put in me a heart of flesh. My sanctification, your sanctification, the sanctification of every born-again, blood bought believer is a process, it is us 'working out our salvation with fear and trembling', as the Bible says.

But as for salvation, there must be a time when we can point to when God dealt with us, and changed us from within by being born-again by the Spirit of the living God! As for me, it was the best day of my life! Praise Jesus! That was almost 39 years ago, and Jesus is sweeter than ever! :)

Yes, salvation is a singular event, which a believer will never forget in his whole life. We cannot keep getting 'saved', but we can keep getting 'sanctified', i.e. growing in grace, becoming more and more rooted in God's Word and growing in faith. I share these things because I am concerned about you, wanting to be sure that you KNOW you are saved by being born again by believing the gospel of Christ...and then, after that, being changed little by little by the Holy Spirit!

Grace to you!

-Kathy-

trust in the Holy Spirit to lead you I have heard so many ideas on baptism but I believe it is an outward symbol of what God has done in your heart it's not about church membership and only the blood can wash away your sin it also symbolizes death and burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord In Christ amen

No this is men's ideas Jesus told the thief on the cross who believed Him and was sorry for his sin he knew Jesus was exactly who He claimed to be.Jesys said Today you will be in paradise.I love that how precious to believe

God alone will judge. If the child was younger, trust God for mercy. And this may be a call to you to evangelize children in your family and neighborhood.

"Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right" ( Genesis 18:25)? This is a great comfort to those of us with loved ones who have passed into eternity and we are not sure of the destination of their souls. God is a sovereign Judge of righteousness, full of grace and mercy to all who call upon Him. It is His very justice that offers a "way" for all to escape the judgment of His righteousness, and it is in that justice that we must rest. It is grace that saves us, and it is grace in which we must stand when we go through the double grief of the death of an unsaved loved one. We must remember that we cannot make this choice for anyone else, and if they went into eternity without Christ, that was their choice in spite of the offer of grace.

Although we may have pain in the remembrance of that loved one while we are in this life and go through the grief process, there will come a time when each born-again believer will be with the Lord. In that day "God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away" ( Revelation 21:4). We cannot comprehend how that will be because we live in time and are constrained by our finite minds. However, just the thought of that is enough to bring comfort and encouragement. When we see the Lord, all of the sorrow we have now will disappear. "You now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you" ( John 16:22). In the meantime, we can lean on the everlasting arms of God, who feels our pain and comforts us with His great love and mercy.

Mishael: again, trust Gods judgment. Ask Jesus to help carry this pain for you. Come back here for fellowship. You see how much we do care and respond.

Is there a verse in Isaiah in reference to, that there will be a time men will make a lie sound like the truth?

In this verse Solomon continues to describe the value of wisdom. This continues the poetic representation of wisdom as a woman ( Proverbs 1:20; 3:14). He says wisdom is more precious than jewels, and nothing anyone might desire can compare with wisdom. Proverbs uses the term wisdom in reference to something more than mere intelligence, or knowledge. Biblical wisdom is the ability to apply knowledge in a godly way. That capacity to follow God's will is incredibly valuable-more so than any material possession ever would be.

The Hebrew word translated "jewels" in the ESV is pe'niy'yim, which more or less means "pearls," but can also be applied to all kinds of precious gems. As of this writing, an emerald-and-diamond ring associated with the Rockefeller family carries an estimated value of $5.5 million in United States dollars. A stone known as the Oppenheimer Blue diamond carries a value more than $57.5 million, and the famous Hope Diamond is estimated to be worth $250 million. Nevertheless, none of these gems are as valuable as wisdom.

Furthermore, this Scripture affirms that nothing a person can desire can compare with wisdom. That includes all possessions, accolades, and luxuries. A person may desire fame or fortune, but wisdom is far better. Even ownership of the world's highest priced mansion, automobile, yacht, or private jet cannot compare with the value of wisdom. A truly wise person can enjoy fellowship with God now and forever as well as eternal rewards, whereas a worldly-wise person without God may surround himself with luxuries, but he has nothing of ETERNAL value.

Love you in Christ Jesus!

One last thought. On the page you came into this room, there are Many Links to other pages. Come back often and read the "Become A Christian" Link. It will guide you into how Jesus takes all of your sins: past, present and future. It's not a license to sin. It teaches us to consider Jesus before we consciously sin; or willfully.

Get a KJV Bible at any Walmart store. They're in the dvd department. They have some Christian DVD's too. Hundreds of Christian movies on YouTube. The best one is Jesus of Nazareth. The whole story of his birth, his mother Mary's role in Jesus's life. The beginning of his ministry, his teachings, his path to his crucifixion on the cross.

I cried for a week after watching Jesus die for MY SINS. I had a lot to be sorry for, I guess. Tears are the water of cleansing, I think, concerning the hurtful memories that arise.

You may want to find a Christian Church to attend in your neighborhood. Just read their Tenants of Faith and be sure they match what is in the Become A Believer link on this website.

Beloved child, please come back here with any questions you have. Someone is always here to greet you. I'll forward to seeing you again,

Mishael

Dear Sharol.

In Hebrew the word/noun Wisdom (chkme, chokhmah) is of feminine gender. Same in Greek (grk Sophia).

no billy unless he was very young,too young to understand. or unless he accepted Christ as his Saviour

Of all of the teachings of Catholicism,Purgatoryis probably the one most often attacked by Catholics themselves. There are at least three reasons why that's so: many Catholics do not understand the need for Purgatory; they do not understand the scriptural basis for Purgatory, and they have been unintentionally misled by priests and catechism teachers who themselves do not understand what the Catholic Church has taught and continues to teach about Purgatory.

And so many Catholics have become convinced that the Church quietly dropped her belief in Purgatory a few decades ago.

So why do so many people think that belief in Purgatory is no longer a doctrine of the Church? Part of the confusion arises because some Catholics conflate Purgatory and Limbo, a supposed place of natural bliss where the souls of children who die without having received Baptism go because they are unable to enter Heaven since Baptism is necessary for salvation. Limbo is a theological speculation, which has been called into question in recent years by no less a figure than Pope Benedict XVI; Purgatory, however, is doctrinal teaching.

The eternal punishment of sin can be removed through the Sacrament of Confession.But the temporal punishment for our sins remains even after we have been forgiven in Confession, which is why the priest gives us a penance to perform.

Acts 26:18

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

Ephesians 1:7

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.

I am not going to accuse or anything like that. Jesus sees us from birth to death. God lives outside of the TIME of earths clock. Come to Jesus. Agree with John 3 in the Bible. Receive Jesus into your heart. Live just for Jesus.

These are the verses the Search Engine fetched, pertaining to only the word Elohim. Consider these for a while. I'll do some searching for you.

Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:26 - And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Deuteronomy 6:4 - Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

Psalms 2:7 - I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

Psalms 110:1 - (A Psalm of David.) The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Isaiah 9:6 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

1 Corinthians 8:6 - But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

How old was he?

Amen and amen elb gbu...beautiful post