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my feet are being attacked now-pray that my test will be a testimony, to His Holy Name
and God bless all
I would drown myself in alcohol everyday after work. I was introduced to every kind of drug, but when I turn 26,
my brother told me to try heroin. immediately I thought, at least I won't have these hangover's anymore from
alcohol. but then I endured the worst addiction I've ever experienced. for three years it took to get off it.
in 2005 I was homeless on the streets of Santa Monica California, sleeping at the courthouse hoping to see a
judge about a ticket. 3 days without sleep I started crying, I found myself crying out to the Lord Jesus.
then I found a magazine from the Salvation Army, and I opened it and it had a picture of Jesus talking with a
child. this picture touched me, and all of a sudden I found myself walking to Venice California,someone along the
way referred me to the Bible Tabernacle Church near Venice beach. I met a man named Rico there, he told
me to come back in an hour and you can have dinner and spend the night at the men's house. so the next morning, I
met with another person. and he evaluated my skills, and told me I can join the ministry program. the next
morning I was told to read the Bible, I had received the Holy Spirit that morning,and a week later I got baptized
at the church. from then on I always depend on my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. never drugs or alcohol.
I am so happy to hear you are reading the Bible...it can be quite challenging at times. The "Us" you are referring to if the doctrine of the Trinity. You may have also read it in Genesis 1:26 when God says "let us" and "our image". You will read it again in Genesis 11:7 when God says "let us". But the clearest picture of the Trinity and the Godhead is not given until the New Testament: 1 John 5:7: "For there are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word (Son), and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. God is complex and it can really make your head spin trying to understand everything about Him, but He is triune; three in one; One God. We are made in His image; as such, we are also triune: Body, Soul and Spirit: " 1 Thessalonians 5:23: And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." This is called the "tripartite" nature of man. Much like the divine Trinity, the three parts of a human make one being.
To explain Genesis 3:15, the best way to read the verse in context...meaning understanding what is going in. The Serpent has just deceived Eve, who in turn deceived Adam. Adam and Eve had their eyes opened after eating the fruit from the one tree God commanded them not to eat from. God is now meting out judgement.
Genesis 3:15 "And I will put enmity (animosity) between you and the woman..." The Lord is speaking to the serpent (Satan), "...and between your seed..." (offspring or those who follow Satan) "...and her Seed..." (The Lord Jesus Christ) Christ "...shall bruise your head..." (the Victory that Jesus won at the Cross Colossians 2:14-15) , "...and you shall bruise His Heel..." the sufferings of the Cross.
I hope this helps you. Keep investigating!!
1 John 5:7 - this clearly says the father, son (Word), and spirit are one.
James 2:19
Isaiah 44:6
1 Timothy 2:5
So, if the 3 parts are one, and if there's only one God, then the 3 parts are not separate Gods, but part of the same one God. Just like the skin of an apple is an apple, and the core is an apple, and the seeds are an apple, it doesn't mean it's 3 apples, but the same one, just different functions.
I believe it's 24 hr period as we know a day to be.
Genesis 1:5 (KJV) And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
All that Richard has pointed out is true since The Scriptures are true.
However, I'd like to refine is issue. God is a triune being that Christians refer to a The Trinity: God The Father, God The Son, Jesus and God The Holy Spirit. Each of them is a distinct Person in ONE Being.
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is ONE LORD:"Deu 6:4
Each of them is fully God.
We however are creatures of God's creation. People who have put their trust in Jesus' saving grace through His death, burial and resurrection, are made to be sons of God, but not in the same way as Jesus is God's Only Begotten Son.
Paul puts it this way:
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will," Eph 1:3-5
We are adopted sons, with a full inheritance:
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you," 1Pe 1:3-4
Hope this helps.
In my experiences and perception, along with Scripture, you are correct. As of coarse He is our Lord and Eternal King. What started from a very personal experience with the Lord I was led to this answer in the Bible about Jesus being our brother. As when we are born again of the Spirit we are also children of God and joint-heirs with Christ. Romans 8:15-17. Some Scriptures about Jesus being our brother. These are for you:
Matthew 12:50
Romans 8:29
John 6:38
John 20:17
( 1 Corinthians 9:5
Hebrews 2:11
Hebrews 2:17
I hope that helps. God Bless.
But in the Rapture of the Saints, those that are alive to be a part of it, will not die - will never taste of death, but be ushered with glorified bodies into the presence of Christ. And those of God's children who have died prior to the Rapture, will be raised from the dead first, that their glorified bodies would unite with their souls & together will be with the Lord forever. This was the comforting message to the Thessalonian believers who were despairing that those who had already died would miss out from being with Christ in their new bodies. Even though we cannot envisage such a spectacular event, how the dead are raised from almost no visible evidence to us, or indeed, how we are raised into the sky to be with the Lord, yet the Bible states this event & that we should live in such manner of expectancy & holy living.