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Please know that I do not mean to cause any discord here. But I would like to point out that the verses you gave: Matthew 15:31, Matthew 11:5, and Luke 7:22 are not proof of the indwelling Holy Spirit and the anointing or the evidence of gifts of the Holy Spirit. When these words were spoken, the Holy Spirit had not come yet so no one could have had the indwelling Spirit at that time.

Matthew 15:31

Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

Matthew 11:5

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Luke 7:22

Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

This is proof of the indwelling Holy Spirit and the anointing or the evidence of gifts of the Holy Spirit. I'm going to encourage women to exercise their faith.

We'll just have to be at peace with our different interpretations.

The scripture at the end of Hebrews 6 and continuing into chapter seven is referencing the account in Genesis 14 where Melchisedec appears (with no reference to his origin) to bless Abraham. Melchisedec is a pattern for Christ's priesthood because he didn't come out of the tribe of Levi. The scripture says he is the priest of Salem. Salem eventually became know as Jerusalem. So Melchisedec is a good pattern for Christ being the High Priest of the heavenly Jerusalem (end of Hebrews 12). Take time to ponder Hebrews 7 and the comparisons that are made in it.

Please read: Isaiah 26:19, Ezekiel 37:12,13, Matthew 27:50-54,

John 12:1, Romans 8, Matthew 9:18-25, Matthew 11:5, Matthew 28, Mark 9:9, Luke 24:46, John 2:22, John 5:19-29, = Matthew 25:31-46, John 11:25, John 11:39-53, John 12:9, Romans 14:9, 1Peter 4, Revelation 1:5-8,

Revelation 20,

Ephesians 5,

Hopefully these are helpful

Genesis 14:18,

Genesis 15:13,14, two Generations & 400 years, + 30 years later : Exodus 12:40,41, then the Laws were given to Moses, Exodus 28, Exodus 25,

Psalms 110:4,

Hebrews 5, Hebrews 6, Hebrews 7,

Helpful I hope

It appears he's speaking to those who identified themselves as "children of Abraham" "under the Covenant" &/or self-righteous:

Matthew 5:20, Matthew 7, Matthew 8:10,12, Matthew 23, Matthew 25:31-46, note also Matthew 23:34-36, * Matthew 21:23-46,

Matthew 9:34, Matthew 11:12, Matthew 12:25, Matthew 13:57, Isaiah 53,

Exodus 19:6, 1Samuel 13:13,14, 1Samuel 15:28,

the promise made to David 2Samuel 7:12-17, 1Kings 9:5, 1Chronicles 22:9,10, 1Chronicles 28:7, Isaiah 9:7,

1Samuel 13:13,14, 1Kings 11:11-14, the Bible has in the past shown how GOD will reject those who reject HIM.

Psalms 22:18,

Hopefully these are helpful

who is melchizedek

Please Lord Jesus Christ guide Sanaytrah in the Bible for spiritual wisdom. Please Holy Spirit fill her with Your fruits that she has clarity and peace. Please God uplift her out of this pit of adversity that she strengthens by Grace of Jesus Christ I pray in Jesus Christ name

Please consider reflecting on Psalms 23, Psalms 46, Psalms 32, 1 Peter 5:7, 2 Timothy 2:1, Matthew 11:28-30.

Kenneth,

In Matthew 11:14, when Jesus was speaking about John the Baptist, Jesus said that John the Baptist was Elijah who was to come. Jesus is referring to Malachi 4:5 that tells us that Elijah will come before Messiah comes, and Elijah will be the forerunner to the Messiah.

However, we have a problem here because in John Chapter 1, when the leadership sent people out to ask John, "Are you the Messiah?" John said, "No!" "Are you the prophet?" which by the way is also a term for the Messiah. Again, John said no. "Are you Elijah?" He said no again.



So he is John the Baptist, but he is not Elijah. But Jesus said this is Elijah who was to come. So either John didn't know who he was, or he was confused or something? Even in Matthew Chapter 17 in the Transfiguration, when they came down off the hill, the disciples understood what Jesus said about John the Baptist, that John the Baptist was Elijah. But John said he isn't.

So was he Elijah or not? The answer to that is found in Luke 1:17, when the angel came to announce to Zacharias that his wife Elizabeth was going to give birth, which would be John the Baptist. And he said that he (John) will come in the spirit and power of the Elijah, the "spirit and power" of Elijah. John the Baptist is going to have the same ministry as Elijah. He is not going to be Elijah personally, but he has the same ministry as Elijah.

Therefore, that settles our dilemma about John. He says no, I'm not Elijah, I'm John. However, the Spirit's anointing upon him was that he came in the spirit and power of Elijah. The same spirit that had anointed Elijah was the same spirit that anointed John.

Hope this helps!

The Holy Spirit is Your Teacher. He helps us understand Scripture. Just ask Him to teach you, what you are reading in the Bible.

People in here will give you their help to answer some questions about scripture. We do it because we love you too.

Always ask Holy Spirit what is the Truth; and to open Gods Word, and the meaning, to your newborn spirit.

Matthew 11:25-30. Verse 27, you are WHOMSOEVER

Matthew 14:23 is something Jesus did every day. Get alone, quiet and pray in your own words to the Lord. Be assured that He is hearing your prayers.

First, John the Baptist may not have had any correspondence withno knowledge of Jesus after he baptized Jesus, although he was the forerunner of Jesus. A forerunner is a messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others. John the Baptist was the messenger announcing Jesus' coming. He would not have to have contact with Jesus.

If John did not have any contact with Jesus, it would have been through the Holy Spirit that John knew ( John 1:29,36). Later on, John told Herod his marriage to his sister-in-law was not lawful ( Mark 6:17-18). That got him put in prison.

What few people realize when studying the Bible is that John the Baptist did not witness any of Jesus' miracles. The Jews expected a messiah that would set them free from the control of the Romans. This was not what Jesus came to do.

John had plenty of time to think while he was in prison. He probably had many doubts. He may have wondered why Christ did not come and deliver him. That's when he finally sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus some questions ( Matthew 11:1-3). Jesus told them to tell John what theyhearand see. "... The blind, lame and deafarehealed,the dead are raised, and the poor hear the good news of God's Kingdom. Happy is he who has no doubts about me." ( Matthew 11:4-6).

Hi Tom. This is a very short account in Matthew 11:1-6 which has brought up different views of what had taken place in the prison. I feel that more information would have given more light on the matter to be able to make a proper judgement.

One view is that it was John's disciples that were in doubt of Jesus, why Jesus had more disciples than John, or maybe doing a work inconsistent with that of the expected Messiah. So John wanted them to go out for themselves & learn & be convinced.

However, in my reading of the passage, I can't help but think that it was actually John himself who began having doubts, given his miserable position & condition in prison. Why wouldn't Jesus come to him, perform a miracle to secure his release, rather than spending so much time with the people, could be a question on his mind. Or, maybe over such a long period, John was being persuaded while in prison to entertain unnatural questions in his mind - sometimes a lengthy period of confinement, with various depravations & abuse, might cause one to have doubts & fears. We just don't have enough information to know exactly what John was thinking or feeling & how the evil one might have been having his way with him.

As to the prophets, they spoke as the Spirit of the Lord directed them, but as you wrote, that John was "filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb". Can such an one entertain doubts & fears? Maybe for a man under harsh conditions, there would have been a spiritual conflict going on & he needed a confirmation from witnesses to strengthen his spirit & his resolve. To all this I can't be certain and I hope you can get other views on this difficult passage.

Please God heal A' daughter that is suffering with health affliction. Please allow this child to be a testimony for you and her family comes to have a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. Please comfort them through this time adversity Holy Spirit I pray in Jesus Christ name!

Please consider reflecting on Matthew 11:28.

There are degrees of punishment:

" For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains." Deuteronomy 32:22

" And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." Luke 12:47-48

" But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you." Matthew 11:22

" And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works." Revelation 20:13

Please Jesus Christ I ask that Jennifer be filled with Your Grace and peace that her affliction subsides and she be blessed to be a testimony for Your Glory God in Jesus Christ name

May I suggest you reflect on Matthew 6:34 and Matthew 11:28.

I believe the differences comes from these scriptures : Matthew 5:16, Matthew 7:21-29, Revelation 2:23, Revelation 20:13, Matthew 25:31-46,

Even Jesus did works: Matthew 11:2, Luke 19:37, & said greater works we shall do. John 14:20,

Matthew 16:27,

Matthew 23:3,5,23, hypocrisy not ok, you can read whole chapter & those chapters around it for context. John 8:39,

Romans 3:27-28, helps clarify, 'law of faith' Romans 4, Romans 9:30-33,

What is argued is: Romans 11:6, but in context it's the grace extended to Gentiles Romans 11:16-27, also read whole chapter Romans 11,

& Galatians 2:16, "knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.'' the works of the law are in Gen. Exodus, Deuteronomy, Leviticus. Galatians 3,

& Galatians 2:8,9, but we can't ignore Galatians 2:10,

& 2Timothy 1:9 , Titus 3, Hebrews 4, Hebrews 4:11,

However again we can't ignore 2Timothy 3:16-17, Titus 1:15,16, Titus 2, Hebrews 10:24, James 3:13, 1Peter 2:12, Revelation 2:26,

* James 2,

Dear "Amy", Thanks for the reminder i did it now, and the answer was: you only think of Jesus you. :) And i thanked Jesus hallelujah, it is up to the Lord now and draw that person to Himself.

Actually, we must leave all this to the Lord. If we are faithful then He is even more so. Praise to the God Almighty, He will have all the glory Amen.

Then He presents it in us so that it becomes an answer to prayer, and we can thank Him even more. We are the witnesses and the faith comes from the preaching. Seize every chance. But we lay our burden on Jesus, who said: Matthew 11:28-30

Be blessed all beloved ppl, in Jesus Name, love u all in Christ. Never forget it, becouse you all are valuable.

Dear Mundla, I will pray for you and the people of your area.

What country are you in?

Dear Lord Jesus, We pray tonight for Your saving hand to be extended to many people that Mundla shares the gospel of truth with in his homeland. We pray to You that You will break down the long held connections these people have with Hinduism and other false religions. Open up their hearts to believe the gospel. Give them understanding of Your Word preached to them through Mundla. Establish house churches among the people who come to believe and draw new people to these fellowships each new day. Lord, for those who have received the gospel but have also been given false teaching by their leaders, we pray that these people will recognize these teachings as error and not according to Your Word that Kundla brings to them. We also pray that many of these new Christians will be taught to read so they can read the Bible for themselves in their own language.

We pray that many of the non-believers will learn to read so they can access learning from sources outside of the oral teachings of their own family. May Your mercies pour into this country, bringing many to repentance and belief in the gospel of Jesus Christ. WE ask all of this in Your name Jesus, Amen.

I stand in prayer with you/God will always make the way ,Amen

Dear brother in Christ I am mundla Chinna kotaiah gurrapusala church of christ. Some days I tried to work part time Job to feed my family.When I went to that work that time I received many calls from our Congregation members to pray for their problems and for their needs and they want to talk with me.But I did not meet to them Because I was in Job that time.So they disappointed so much and left my Congregation.So I faced this problem many times.So I humble request to you Please pray for me,for my family and for our area Lord's work.

My dear beloved brother I am facing lot of difficulties to maintain my family and our area Lord's work, our area is Totally Uneducated,Illiteracy,Daily wage earning and mostly Hinduism Traditional people.So they are very poor.In Some areas people moving with false Doctrines by Denominations and False Teaching.So I would like to Teach them the Truth word of God and to show them to add to them into real Truth Church of Christ[Mathew 16:18, Acts 20:28].

So I humble request to you Please lift up our area Lord's work by your right hand fellowship.please share my latter with our congregation members and our church elders and they are doing prayers and scriptural encouragement, I can spread our Lord's Great work into many unreached areas and I will visit more people and will teach the Gospel by your kind prayer.I will save many people who are getting false teaching.Because my desire is WOE, TO ME IF I DO NOT PREACH THE GOSPEL.like apostle Paul.

So My dear Beloved brother in Christ,Please share this letter with your elders,Church members for my area lord's work development.They could pray for us and they will give their kind praying to me by yours.Thank you very much for your kind patience to read my message.

We are waiting for your fruitful,faithful prayer support along with your kind response as soon as possible.Convey my family hearty greetings to you and to all of your family and especially my beloved sisters and brothers and our Church

Kay,

2John 1:5-11, James 4:4-5, I'm reminded of 2Kings 20:12-18, Isaiah 39:1-7, Micah 7:5, Proverbs 19:4,= Job 19:14, Proverbs 14:20, Psalms 38:11,

Proverbs 19:7, Luke 21:16, Proverbs 19:6, Proverbs 18:24, Proverbs 27:6,

Even Jesus friends : Mark 3:21, Zechariah 13:6, Psalms 41:9, Luke 7:34, Matthew 11:19, Matthew 26:48-50

John 15:14-26, Job 42:10, -after = ( Job 32:3 ), Mark 5:19, Luke 14:12-14,

Hopefully these are helpful for wisdom in your love & wisdom towards GOD, your friends & close friends

Thanks Brother Chris!

May God bless you and all you do.

Hi Bill. Maybe you've picked up on this information from a source not readily available to us. What we do know is that there were many writings, both what are considered apocryphal books & other little known, possibly spurious, writings. These were generally single productions on parchment or on other material & have been lost to us. Only the apocryphal books have survived and been retained & sometimes incorporated into the Canon of Scripture.

So if you know of 777 books of the Bible, then you may need to cite your source, as the Bible wasn't even anything like what we have today in one binding. It never had as many books as you suggest and as mentioned, most of the writings that were known through those earliest days, have since been lost or disintegrated over time.

The 66 Books we have now in the Bible was first put together by Jerome around AD 400 written in Latin, & often referred to as the Vulgate. The selection of the NT Books (to the exclusion of the apocryphal books) was based generally on the following: was it written by a disciple or one (e.g. Luke) who learned the accounts from a witness of Jesus' Life & Ministry; they had to be written within the 1st Century; and the selected Books could not contradict any other book, to maintain a faithful account of events. Even disregarding the OT Apocrypha, the NT Apocrypha (e.g. Gospels of Thomas, Barnabas, Mary, etc.) have been found to contain erroneous material, & was omitted when the Canon of Scripture was formed. So what we have now in our hands, we believe is what God has determined for us to read & learn from. There may be truths found in other writings, but to avoid entertaining accounts that may be erroneous, it is best to rely on the strict rules of canonization, under the Will of God for us.

Wow! The Book of Mark really compacts many important moments into 1 chapter & it's 1st Chapter.

Mark 1:1-5 : Exodus 15:2, Isaiah 40:3, Malachi 3:1, Matthew 3:3, Matthew 11:10, Luke 1:76, Luke 3:4, Luke 7:27,

Vrs 6.- compare: Jeremiah 13:1-11, 2Kings 1:8,

Mark 1:13, : Psalms 106:14, Matthew 4:1, Luke 4:2,

Mark 1:14, : Luke 3,

Mark 1:44, : Leviticus 10:10, Leviticus 13,

Isaiah 11:1-4,

Before the real Bible was changed, there was 777 Books of the Bible. Why is there now only 66 Books in the Bible? Is there 777 Books in the original Bible?

Hello Stephen.

I hope that a couple of the Scriptures I share here may be of help to those in this quandry of whether to continue with treatment or not. If they are believers, hopefully they will find special grace to bear up & wisdom to know how to proceed. Often, being fully cast upon the Lord for His healing & availing of medical help can go hand-in-hand. I don't think that it's a demonstration of a lack of faith to continue with medical treatment as we trust the Lord for directing the minds & hands of our medical fraternity, and ultimately, it is the Lord Who heals, gives life or takes it away.

Deuteronomy 31:8; Psalm 34:17-19; Psalm 55:22; Isaiah 40:31; Isaiah 41:10; Matthew 11:28; Luke 1:37; 2 Corinthians 12:9; 1 Peter 5:7.

Jesus said come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

God has given every man a free will. Everyone has the right to choose. Some chose a path of wickedness and destruction that has led them to drugs, poverty and in some cases wealth. You see in Proverbs 30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Why? because verse 9 which states: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

The question rather should be do people who suffer trust in God? Do they love and serve him? The place where they are in life are a result of a decision or several decisions that they or their parents made. They can choose to place their faith and trust in God and he will make their burdens light or they can continue in their path and it may not change.

Leviticus 13:45, Leviticus 14:2-3,32, Leviticus 14, most of the chapter discusses the law of strictness, sacrifice, isolation, cleansing, hinting the severity. Leviticus 22:4, Numbers 5:1,2, Matthew 8:2-4, Mark 1:40-44, Luke 17:11-19,

2 Kings 5:1-14, note 2 Kings 5:15-27, Luke 4:14-27,

2 Kings 7:3-11, (the whole story started previous chapter/s & continues after verses I noted)

2 Kings 15:5, 2 Chronicles 26:21,23,

Matthew 10:1-8, Matthew 11:1-5,

Mark 3:1-5, Luke 14:1-4,

Hopefully these scriptures help in your study

Read, understand and assimilate on the Bible passage.

Matthew 11:28 Come to me all you who are heavy laden and I will give you rest.

Come to Jesus, He will never refuse you.