Bible Questions & Discussion PAGE 734

It's so confusing for believers today to find the simple truths of the Bible such as: Salvation, eternal security, eternal life after death, the Bible as the Living Word of God (not a book of metaphors as some believe) and the great commission. I keep things simple because I started in the Catholic church very involved for nearly 2 decades, many years in religion and agnosticism. Religions complicated things and although I believed in a god then; I didn't know the God of the Bible because no one took the time to show me the simple Gospel of Salvation.

When I got saved, it seems like there weren't various differing opinions amongst fundamental ministries. But in 11-years...I just can't believe the change. I blacklisted social media and other medium where diverse doctrines are preached (YouTube is another place teething with apostate preachers). I believe the most fundamental truths of the Bible can be understood by anyone will to read the KJV and believe.

Second, the readers must know that the Bible reveals the history of the world-The dispensation of time. About people in different times. Plenty of examples about people in different times, and in the end God reveals Himself to the readers to prepare themselves for what is coming in the near future. Readers must understand that after Jesus Christ died on the cross, He selected Paul to be the 12th Apostle for us Gentiles. Apostle Paul also is a Jew and would love to see the Jewish Nation to be saved as much as saving all Gentiles. You will find that the Bible is hard to understand. But trust the Lord and not men. God will guide you to the truth. Jesus Christ is the ONLY Priest alive seated in Heaven with God, The Father; and through the epistles of the Apostle Paul (I.e. The Book of Romans to The Book of Philemon) he told us how to be saved for 2,000 years. A grace period given by God because God loves us ALL. My question to you is How do you know you are saved?

Goodmorning1 i have never quite understood how satan fell from heaven and how he thought he was better than God or how he was able to take some angels with him.i am trying to come back to Jesus and learn His word and understand it I Pray for God to bless all of you in the name of Jesus

Thanks Suze for the Scriptures....Very revealing Gbu.. Love ya in Jesus name....Have a nice week end Suze....

Why did Jacob place Ephraim before Manasseh and blessed him more?. I do not understand it. Pease could you throw more light on this?. Thank you and remain ever blessed and rapturable in JESUS name. Amen.

Udo Amaefule

Joanne good question but I think the new heaven and the new earth is just simbolic of our new heart and new spirit...As Isaiah Isaiah 66 :22 Says as the New Heaven and the New Earth shall remain so shall thy seed and and name remain...Which is the seed of the sower that is gonna form Christ in us our New Man...Our new heart and new spirit which is the H.G. that Child of Promise...Our new innerman...That New earth...Scrip. says man is of the earth earthy...Thus our new man is the New Earth.

......Joanne...This earth is too Precious and Beautiful for God to wanna destroy it...Its mans evil and Adamic nature that GOD wants to destroy with his baptism of fire and the H.G...The Gift of God and his love for humanity...As our God is a consuming fire that is gonna destroy Satans kingdom our old adamic nature...He is gonna make his enemy his footstool...Which is our old adamic nature...ok

When you have so called preachers and teachers going around telling people its okay to be in a homosexual relationship, because love is what really matters, and true men of God getting bashed all the time preaching it is a sin. Listen please, when today's popular so called preachers are saying this they are not helping you, they are hurting people that are in these sinful relationships by not being truthful. It is not hating or bashing people when speaking the truth, there is nothing more loving and caring thing than the truth. When you preach or pass laws and put your arms around these people and tell them its okay, your not helping them, your hurting them. Nothing is more loving and caring than the truth!

How does stuff and rod can "comfort" me?) there's wrong translation. In original text "rod" has meaning "clan", "society", "family". "stuff" has meaning "support", and "comfort" has meaning "appeasement", "harmony". I prefer to "my famy and they're support can appeasement me" instead "rod and stuff can comfort me")

Thanks Marke, Romans 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: It is important to die (with Christ to ourselves) so that the new life of the Holy Spirit can reign and bring forth fruit to perfection. Romans 8 is a chapter on the work of the Spirit and our need to be led of it. Otherwise we get in the way of God working in us and are carnally minded. Good chance those among the rocks and thorns were professing Christians with shallow conversions (building on sand) Mat. 7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

Lemme tell ya about the great Promise that God made to Abraham's seed...His heavenly Seed Christ... Gen. 22 : 17...It was the 2 nd time that the angel spoke to Abraham from Heaven..Saying i will MULTIPLY thy seed as the Stars of Heaven... Gal 3 : 16..Now unto Abraham and his SEED were the Promises made but he says NOT unto Seeds plural ( natural Israel ) ..But unto 1 Seed which is Christ..The Israel of God...Its Only Christ that is the Gift of God..THE ELECT...Remember Jesus told that woman at the well that it was HE that was the Gift of God...That living Water...If thou knewest the Gift of God and who it is that speaks to you, You wd have asked of him and he wd given you living water...Which is the H.G. the Gift of God...The multiplication of Christ that Child of Promise..The H.G...Remember God swore by his very self when he made that Promise...Thus its God him self that is gona be MULTIPLIED AS STARS OF HEAVEN...Which is the H.G. As that which is born of the spirit is spirt as God is spirit the H.G...The Gift of God

...Thats y Jesus refers to the H.G as the Promise the H.G. is the multiplication of very God in humanity via the seed of Christ. Jesus...Thats y Jesus is saying to whom the WORD came ( His Seed ) it made them Gods...Its God himself that wants to be multiplied in humanity..Which is the H.G the Children of PROMISE....That are gonna be as the Stars of Heaven when the sower will go forth to sow his precious seed in humanity...Thats y Jesus is saying whosoever receiveth one such Child in MY NAME receiveth ME

....The manchild is the H.G. simply b/c Jesus said that which is born of the spirit is spirit the H.G. the Children of PROMISE...Jesus said behold i send the PROMISE of MY FATHER UPON YOU which was baptism of the H.G..A birth of a baby Christ in them...She brought forth a man Child that is gona rule ALL NATIONS..Thats y Jesus is saying whosoever receiveth one such child in my name receiveth me..Unless you receive the kingdom as a lil Child..New Birth

Sins of ignorance are not what sends sinners to hell. Romans 5

Romans 5:13

(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

No sinner goes to hell in ignorance. Condemnation is the sentence issued to those who reject the light clearly revealed to them by the Holy Spirit.

John 3:19

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Romans 1

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

Sorry if i made a confusion with Judas It was unintentional. When i said Judas was saved I meant in the beginning, after the betrayal he lost his salvation since he didn't repent.

The Lord's Word (Bible) does not offer speculation, only TRUTH. Amen

Thank you Mishael for that lovely post , I needed to be reminded of those things today .

Luke 8 - The Parable of the Sower

There are three kinds of hearers who never get saved and only one kind of hearer who gets saved.

Luke 8

11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

Way side hearers don't give God a second thought.

Those whose seed is received on the rock have no root, which is the Lord Jesus ( Revelation 22:16

I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.)

Those who receive the seed among thorns have no fruit ( Jude 1:12

These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;)

Good ground hearers get saved. They have the root and offspring of David. They have the fruit of the Spirit. And they have the Lord Jesus who will keep them from falling away ( Jude 1:24

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,)

Judas was never saved so he did not lose his salvation, according to John 6:70.

John 6:70

Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

Jesus did not say, "One of you disciples may fall back into sin if he is not careful." No, Jesus said, "One of you is a devil," referring to Judas.

Mark 2 - the Sabbath

21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.

23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

Strict observance of laws and ordinances are not as important to the Lord as seeking and serving God with all your heart. In fact, many detailed Jewish laws do not even pertain to the Church, which is seen by Jesus' reference to not putting new wine into old bottles.

Romans Chapter 11 Really puts it well . Only one root and tree , the branches are Jew and Gentile .

The wisdom of God as Paul says is .....

Gen 7:2-3 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

"In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;" Titus 1:2 KJV

Thank you, Chris.

I am good with letting God take her at any moment. I have resolved that many years ago. I just want the medical team to continue to treat her as long as there is hope of a positive turn around and to relieve her pain and keep her comfortable. If there should be an unrecoverable downturn, I hope that God will give the team wisdom to recognize that and cease to administer any extraordinary means (which she has been adamant about for 20 years) and work on keeping her pain free until God takes her.

But with 9 siblings, I cannot speak for each of them. They need to come to a place of peace like I have, I hope.

I appreciate your prayers. She has lived a long life with very little health problems. She accomplished her calling in giving birth to ten babies as God saw fit to bless her and my dad with and raise us all up on meager income. I know she hopes to see my dad in heaven, but we both know that the sight of Jesus will be far more joyous than seeing anyone we loved in this life.

But we shall see how things go, day by day. Every day we have with her is a blessing, as she could have passed before my brother went to check on her. So God is gracious to us.

Are there angels assigned to the believer?

Sister GiGi, I agree, it's very hard to convey all that needs to be said without being in a face to face discussion.

I have a question?

Romans 8:29

1 Corinthians 15:49

Colossians 1:15

The word says Jesus is the image of God, his Father.

Ephesians 4:6 There is one God and FATHER OF ALL ...

If he's is your father, as he is Christ Father, why would you not be the exactness of his first son.

We were predestinated to be the image of Christ. He is the firstborn of many brethren.

Do you believe you are going to continue as you are now, or do you believe you are a new creature (creation) in Christ.

As we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall bear the image of the heavenly.

God's will be done in the sickness of you mother. My prays are with you and your family.

Concerning your three sons; we both know the promises of God; PERFECTION, we just don't know the time frame.

God Bless you!

I believe Luke 23:28 was Jesus looking into the future and giving us his last thoughts on earth

He stopped to warn Woman about the future evils of abortions

"Daughters of Jerusalem do not weep for me weep for yourselves and your children.For indeed the days are comming in which they will say Blessed are the barren wombs that never bore and breasts which never nursed

for if they do these in the green wood what will happen in the dry" Green wood is a carpenters term for young and fertile dry is old and dry. Jesus then says "Father forgive them for they do not know what they do"

First, we must establish the readers to know who is the church. Church is not a building. Church is the people that believes in the blood shed by Jesus Christ to save us. Church is the Body of Christ. Church is the people that walk in the Spirit of God and the people who are in the Kingdom of God. Are you one of us?

"And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence." Colossians 1:18 KJV

"Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:" Colossians 1:24 KJV

"Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house." Colossians 4:15 KJV

"And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matthew 16:18 KJV

"As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed." Romans 9:33 KJV

"And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ." 1 Corinthians 10:4 KJV

"And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:" Galatians 1:22 KJV

"For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body." Ephesians 5:23 KJV

"That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish." Ephesians 5:27 KJV

"For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:" Ephesians 5:29 KJV

"For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones." Ephesians 5:30 KJV

"This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church." Ephesians 5:32 KJV

Thanks Brother.

Enjoy your time, It's great hearing you're ok and doing well.

Enjoy your time.

God bless.

I continue to be in prayer for your Mother, yourselves as family members & hospital staff, GiGi. May you know God's unsurpassing peace at this time - for it's only His Peace that can truly comfort our hearts & keep them focussed on Him. And for your Mother to be especially ministered to at this time by the Lord - fully aware of & experiencing the abundance of mercies upon her ailing body, mind & spirit. The Lord is gracious, mindful of all that we go through in this life - His Power & Love are limitless & so much the more, to aboundign to His beloved children. May "the peace of God rule in your hearts", that will even be the catalyst for spiritual restoration to your children. In love & prayer.

Isaiah 14:12-17,Revelations 12:7-9, Ezekiel 28:13-19

I believe you're looking for Revelation 12, I gave additional Scripture in your question on same subject.

I wanted to add: Jude 1, entire chapter & compare Revelation 12 to Luke 2:1-7, Matthew 2:7-23, John 19:30, 1Corinthians 15:20, John 21:14, Luke 22:69, Mark 16:19, Acts 5:31,

Hopefully these are helpful also

Thanks always, Kay.

She has been ready to go to Jesus for many years.

Prior to this, she did not have many health issues. Comes from healthy, mid-west stock.

If she does not have a will to live, that is o.k. with me and most of my siblings. She is old, tired, pretty much a shut-in (we visit her often). She has often commented that she just wants to go to sleep and not wake up, but be in heaven. So, it is good to ask for God's mercy to be upon her (we know it is) and seek to reduce her pain and keep her comfortable while still treating the sepsis. Her condition is still critical, but not needing ICU care. We love her and want the best for her. She will be so happy in heaven! But until then, we keep supporting her by having family at the hospital with her every day.