There is I think a general misconception that once your are BORN again you are automatically in the Bride of Christ .
Let me make it quite clear every true born child of God is called to that high calling .
But it is not automatic . To run a race in the Olympics you have to be qualified to do so . To be BORN again qualifies us to so "run the race " but to win the prize you must run it! And run it correctly or lawfully .
Putting aside those things that will hinder you from running .
For they seek a temporal prize that passeth away .
The Bride is a body taken from a body .
As eve was created from the body of the first Adam . So the Bride of Christ is taken from His own body .
As ALL the tribes of Isreal had an inheritance. Levi had no inheritance for God was their inheritance .
A body taken from a body .
We have twelve Apostles yet from that body we have " Peter James and John" who saw and heard things the others did not . For they walked closer with the Lord .
Yet even out of these three you have John who alone said " who is it Lord" for he knew it was not him.
Who leaned upon the chest of the Lord at the last supper .
Using the analogy of a jigsaw puzzle ,the milk of the Word is the four corners pieces and the side pieces .
For no matter how big the puzzle those pieces are the most easily recognisable out of all the pieces and the simplest to put together . Every true born child of God shouid comevto a place where they can teach others the same basic tenets of THE Christian faith .
Once these are in place we understand there is nothing outside that framework and we need no further ' revelations' or other ' books' of dubious origin . For everything we need is onside it.
To put it another way Jesus said " The Word is the seed" . A seed has this property while it is not the fruit ,it does have everything that is needed and nothing that is not needed to reproduce the fruit .
Some approach the scriptures differently . Systematically or perhaps clumps by clumps which ever way it will produce the same result .
A puzzle is often subdivided between earth and heaven and it is often the earthly parts that are the easiest to do first . Perhaps because they are more recognisable . And the sky the more difilcukt because they look much the same .
So the more we grow in grace and in the knowledge of God the heavenly becomes easier .
But let us not stay with the milk of the Word for while it is very satisfying to get thus far . It is not the end but rather the end of the beginning .
I need your encouragement please . I am tempted to become angry and greedy and to allow worldly desires and vain things to get to me . I need to be reminded that this world is nothing to do with me . Some years ago my dad died and his brother swindled my siblings and I out of our inheritance from our dad . My dad's brother was wealthy and owned his own business , he died recently and left his wealth to his fourth wife and her family , nothing to his own kids or any of his biological family . So my dad's money went to his brothers step children by his fourth wife . I got over that pretty quickly . Now it seems that my millionaire cousin has swindled my siblings and I out of our moms money / property . I just don't get it . Why would she do that when she's already a millionaire ? She seemed quite nice . I'm not too upset for myself but I feel I've let my family down , I think they were hoping I would be able to help them out a bit after my mom died . I'm tempted to get angry and bitter about all this . Please help me to keep my heart with Jesus .
With the new year approaching, what are your new year's resolutions? Do you have an actual working plan to hold yourself accountable to those set resolutions? Are there different approaches/tools you would like to try out this coming year for the study of the bible?
I 'think' I know this, yet we see it in more churches & the super rich tv evangelist then not, so I ask: If something is against the bible and we promote or support it in any way, are we accountable or still going to heaven?
Even though Jesus probably wasn't born on Dec 25th there are many good things about the world celebrating His birth. Jesus is in Christmas carols and Christmas has Christ in it.
Even though the message gets distorted, corrupt, commercialized, watered down, exploited, I think God is powerful enough to reach people through it. I think through God's power people can even receive the gospel through showy, fake looking, money hungry false teachers on TV. 1 Cor 1:21. God can use anyone he wants. He used Paul who didn't consider himself wise or eloquent and previously killed Christians. 1 Cor 1:17. He used Moses who likely had a speech issue and felt self-conscious or maybe even embarassed. Ex 4:10. The disciples had various issues. God loves us, with all our imperfections and shortcomings. God bless and merry Christmas!
"Then Peter said unto them, Repent (born again), and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye (then) shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call."
The promise is for all children of God. We are the "afar off". Have you received the gift?
Hello im impressed with your website, Im speaking on behalf Of "Joseph the step father of Jesus of Nazerth the inspiration of the Director of Cambridge". I he asked me to write as if I was him so I also have shared a part of my life with him is what i believe. So we just wanted say hi! Him as Joseph and I as Ruben Marquez!
My wife asks this question all the time: Why did my son die so young? His entire life he was obedient and respectful with his parents; so why did he die as a young, born-again, man?
I always sneered at KJV Only Christians until yesterday. Utilizing over 12 bible translations and dozens of historical books proves the authenticity of the KJV. I am NOW a KJV Only Christian.
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"You Tell on Yourself"
You tell on yourself by the friends you seek,
By the very manner in which you speak,
By the way you employ your leisure time,
By the use you make of dollar and dime,
You tell what you are by the things you wear,
By the spirit in which you burdens bear,
By the kind of things at which you laugh,
By the records you play on the phonograph,
You tell what you are by the way you walk,
By the things of which you delight to talk,
By the manner in which you bear defeat,
By so simple a thing as how you eat.
By the books you choose from the well-filled shelf,
In these ways, and more, you tell on yourself.
There is I think a general misconception that once your are BORN again you are automatically in the Bride of Christ .
Let me make it quite clear every true born child of God is called to that high calling .
But it is not automatic . To run a race in the Olympics you have to be qualified to do so . To be BORN again qualifies us to so "run the race " but to win the prize you must run it! And run it correctly or lawfully .
Putting aside those things that will hinder you from running .
For they seek a temporal prize that passeth away .
The Bride is a body taken from a body .
As eve was created from the body of the first Adam . So the Bride of Christ is taken from His own body .
As ALL the tribes of Isreal had an inheritance. Levi had no inheritance for God was their inheritance .
A body taken from a body .
We have twelve Apostles yet from that body we have " Peter James and John" who saw and heard things the others did not . For they walked closer with the Lord .
Yet even out of these three you have John who alone said " who is it Lord" for he knew it was not him.
Who leaned upon the chest of the Lord at the last supper .
A body out of a body .A double selection .
GB
Using the analogy of a jigsaw puzzle ,the milk of the Word is the four corners pieces and the side pieces .
For no matter how big the puzzle those pieces are the most easily recognisable out of all the pieces and the simplest to put together . Every true born child of God shouid comevto a place where they can teach others the same basic tenets of THE Christian faith .
Once these are in place we understand there is nothing outside that framework and we need no further ' revelations' or other ' books' of dubious origin . For everything we need is onside it.
To put it another way Jesus said " The Word is the seed" . A seed has this property while it is not the fruit ,it does have everything that is needed and nothing that is not needed to reproduce the fruit .
Some approach the scriptures differently . Systematically or perhaps clumps by clumps which ever way it will produce the same result .
A puzzle is often subdivided between earth and heaven and it is often the earthly parts that are the easiest to do first . Perhaps because they are more recognisable . And the sky the more difilcukt because they look much the same .
So the more we grow in grace and in the knowledge of God the heavenly becomes easier .
But let us not stay with the milk of the Word for while it is very satisfying to get thus far . It is not the end but rather the end of the beginning .
GB
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Even though Jesus probably wasn't born on Dec 25th there are many good things about the world celebrating His birth. Jesus is in Christmas carols and Christmas has Christ in it.
Even though the message gets distorted, corrupt, commercialized, watered down, exploited, I think God is powerful enough to reach people through it. I think through God's power people can even receive the gospel through showy, fake looking, money hungry false teachers on TV. 1 Cor 1:21. God can use anyone he wants. He used Paul who didn't consider himself wise or eloquent and previously killed Christians. 1 Cor 1:17. He used Moses who likely had a speech issue and felt self-conscious or maybe even embarassed. Ex 4:10. The disciples had various issues. God loves us, with all our imperfections and shortcomings. God bless and merry Christmas!
"Then Peter said unto them, Repent (born again), and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye (then) shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call."
The promise is for all children of God. We are the "afar off". Have you received the gift?
I looking for the Book Psalms to put tpgether a list of 365 Verses that I can email out one
each day to my Prayer Partners to Share and to Memorize on Verse A Day added to our
regular daily Study and at the end of the year we would have added 365 Scriptures of
Wisdom to our memory. Do yo already have something like that or do I have to create
an APP and do it manually ?
God Bless this Ministry
Charlene
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My wife asks this question all the time: Why did my son die so young? His entire life he was obedient and respectful with his parents; so why did he die as a young, born-again, man?
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