We don't go to heaven by being good, nor in just believing in the existence of God. One would have to recognize his sinful and lost state and have faith in Gods plan of redemption.
God is Holy and there is nothing man can do to reconcile himself to God.
Romans 3:10-11 says "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
The wages of sin is death, we're all sinners and sin have to be paid for, so I don't like to say Christ done away with sin on the cross but rather "Christ paid the penalty for our sin on the cross". He was the sacrificial lamb, He died in our place. Jesus was sinless and when the Lord took upon our sin God the father didn't spare him.
There is no way to the father but through the son. John 14:6.
You asked "Is it right to put a good man into hell because he doesn't believe in God?
No one is good but God as shown here in Mark 10:18 "And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
thanks for reply. I don't read the bible so often, so forgive me. But since God is perfect and merciful, why does he abandon those who do not believe in him. After all, it is God who creates all of us, including those Anti-Gods. Is the belief so important to him?
No , but we are in the last days . prophesy is yet to be fulfilled for Joel 2:32 such as the northern army is yet to appear and turn the ungodly into stubble . the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. then comes the restoration of the years eaten by the locusts . the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
In other words , the great tribulation has not here yet .
Yeah , no one is good if they don't have the only one that "Is good" with them . Emmanuel God with us is the only way any of us are good . and for the man who doesn't believe in God , only his flesh body goes to hell which is the grave , his spirit body will get another chance during the mileniuum .
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: (dikai) Having been Justified : The believer is "made righteous/justified" by the Lord, cleared of all charges (punishment) related to their sins .
Having been cleared of all charges , we have peace with God the Father thru Jesus .
Jesus' perfectly sinfree life justified Him before God. But we can never live the life He lived. Yet the work of the cross by Jesus takes away all of our sins and instead of us standing before God condemned in our sinfulness, we stand before God justified in the righteousness of Jesus. This is how we are justified by faith. God always judges justly any and all men.
I recommend reading Romans all the way through. This will be helpful to you.
I would like to speak to your question concerning what is justified by faith.
The Bible, especially in the letters of Paul to the Romans, speak that no person can ever be justified before God by being good enough. This is because, even if we wish to do what is right, we will also do what is wrong. This is because we have a fallen nature called the sinful nature, (Paul often refers to it as the "flesh" but he is not referring to our physical flesh). This sinful nature is passed to each person at conception from their parents and this inherited nature goes all the way back to Adam and Eve who first sinned against God and lost their innocence and goodness before God.
Paul also speaks in Romans that everyone has sinned and so we fall short of God's glory (that is not being perfect before God). He also says that the wages of sin is death (both spiritually and eventually, physically for every person). This death that we earned is first spoken about in Genesis 3 with the commandment and warning of God to Adam and Eve.
Paul also speaks about Abraham and how it was his belief and trust in God that made Him to stand justified before God even though a sinner. God had shared the Gospel with Abraham about a coming Messiah who would save mankind from sins. Abraham believed this gospel. So, Abraham's justification was not because he obeyed God alot, but because He believed God and this belief was based on the Gospel. He looked to being saved from his sins in the saving work of the Messiah to come.
Paul goes on to say that the just shall live by faith. This means that we are justified by the righteousness of Jesus (who lived a perfect life and took our sins upon the cross to free us from the curse of sin (the wages=death) and arose from the dead to give us life in Him. Those who believe this and entrust their lives to Jesus in faith are justified before God because our sinfulness was exchanged for Jesus' perfect righteousness..... continued
Alex1939...In Matthew 24:3-8...When they asked Jesus what shall be the sign of thy coming and the end of the world He replied Sorrows (Birth pains)...The Woman in Rev. 12. is in Birth pains....Which is a spiritual pregnancy...And the Woman is the best example of Faith...The very Kingdom of God comes for this Woman...Which is humanity...Rev.12:10....Now is come Salvation and the Kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ (the child) is the H.G....The Kingdom is the manchild the H.G. That is gona rule all nations with his rod of iron..the words of the book that has been opened...The new covenant...An intimacy a knowledge....He wants to know everybody...Its gonna cover the earth as the waters cover the seas.
And remember Bro. Paul speaks of the whole Creation in Travail n birth pains...becoming incorruptible simply we are all gonna be bornagain of an incorruptible seed.... Romans 8:21...ok gtg..Gbu...And this Woman keeps the commandments..b/c her child cannot sin....That new born babe desiring the sincere milk of the word is the H.G. that Paul speaks of is the Child of PROMISE..Our new innerman the H.G...The very gift of God.
I'm going to shift your post a little and see if this interests you. Speaking of Revelation 12, specifically Revelation 12:6 & Revelation 12:14: The woman represents the 144,000 sealed saints ( Revelation 7:4), BOTH are protected for a thousand two hundred and threescore days. Only the saints are officially sealed. It is a continued allegory describing the saints vs the man of sin, end-times, etc.
The saints are so unbelievably important, yet underrated. They are the first fruits, set apart from the 5.5 billion day of the Lord survivors. The saints are the ONLY first resurrection participants, tasked with healing people, the earth and administering to Christ. The rest sleep till called at the second resurrection.
The saints are featured in 7 Chapters of Revelation, hidden in allegory, and referred to. People then add characters to the narrative and always miss that the sealed saints in Revelation 7:4, before the sixth trumpet, are the same saints in heaven at the seventh trumpet, Revelation 7:9-14. "They came out of the great tribulation". AND this occurs at the exact same time God calls up the two witnesses, Revelation 11:12. The saints and the two witnesses are one and the same!!! You will not see the saints without the witnesses from BOTH houses of Israel (Israel & Judah). Don't get the "two men" allegory wrong. Forget about Moses and Elijah or Enoch, that is a tired excuse for filling in the answer with anything that will suffice. After Solomon, Israel was split in two nations, hence, two men. The two candlesticks and two olive trees that stand before God are God's pride and joy, the whole house of Israel.
Prophesy is unfolding rapidly, it never stopped and can be identified. Acquaint yourself with the prophets, what Jesus says in Matthew 24 and Luke 17. The prophets were shown our future, and this coming sixth trumpet, day of the Lord, scared them deeply, Ezekiel 21:7, Isaiah 13:8-9.
Christian's aren't scared because they weren't taught the proper tenants of the Bible, they think God will unconditionally protect them, no matter how badly their elected leaders behave. Will America will always sit a queen? Isaiah 47:7-11
The Bible is limited in its 1-4 trumpet descriptions. It is the last 3 end-time trumpets, 5, 6 & 7, that matter for this "last generation" (according to the signs). Half of Revelation 9 is dedicated to the fifth trumpet, the other half to the sixth trumpet. The sixth trumpet army smashes the fifth trumpet army to dust!!! Esau smashes Jacob, Obadiah 1. The king of the north smashes the king of the south, Daniel 11:40. The sixth trumpet is about one third of end-time prophesy; there's much written about it, enough for you to see prophesy unfolding in our time. Not many see what they read, let alone admit God is against backsliding America, Ezekiel 21:12.
Here's a big prophesy come to light in our time, but I don't expect it to fit in someone else's narrative:
Revelation 9:1-11 was 9-11-01, America is the fifth trumpet army, running a 20 year war on terror.
Revelation 9:4 America killed those men who did not have the seal of God in their foreheads (Muslims), and were told not to harm any green tree, and nothing green grows in the desert.
Revelation 9:6 The Muslims who were tortured at Abu Ghraib prison were seeking death, and couldn't find it.
Today's verse of the day is one that is very meaningful to me. As believers we are crucified with Christ.
I have been thinking these past few days about what Jesus meant when He told the disciples to take up their cross and follow Him ( Matt 10:38). It is very clear that none of us are have a cross like Jesus'. The "cross" He had was one of suffering and death for the sins of the world. In Gethsemane when forseeing the cross lived out, He was sorrowful unto death. His cross was always to do the will of the Father, and the Father's will was for Jesus to sacrifice His life as a sin offering to expiate our sins and propitiate the wrath of God on sin. This is not a cross we have. So, I was thinking, what is our cross then?
My thoughts are that, like Jesus, our cross is to do the will of the Father in our lives, even unto death. This does not mean that we seek martyrdom, but that persecution and martyrdom may be ahead for some of us. Also, the cross is symbol of death, so today's verse seems to fit in with what Jesus said. As, Paul spoke, it is a dying to self and self-will and living for God and His will.
Then I consider this in light of what Jesus had said about casting all of our burdens upon Him because His yoke is easy and HIs burden is light. Matt 11:29830. So He calls us to take up His yoke upon us and learn from Him. He says that He will give rest to our souls. So I am wondering how this factors into His words about taking up cross and following Him.
I would appreciate reading what others think about this as it has been on my mind this past week and, now, today, the verse speaks of being crucified with Christ.
Hello, I can offer an answer to your second question. God is a fair judge. It sounds like you, the creation, are questioning the morality of the Creator- that is dangerous ground. A more accurately phrased question is if someone who defiantly and blatantly denies God should be allowed to spend eternity with Him?
Anti-God deniers want their cake and to eat it too. Wanting all the benefits of a Christ follower, with grace, heaven, but don't want to follow God or believe in Him, want to ignore God's word, and still desire to follow satan and hurt others while on earth. That's totally evil and a ridiculous expectation.
A false premise in the question is "good man." No one is good except God. Someone who rejects the truth and denies God is hardly "good." All are sinners. Romans 3:23.
Alex N...I just wanted to explain myself about Faith being a spiritual pregnancy....27 times in the O.T. the prophets saw the world in travail and birth pains...Thus there has to be a spiritual pregnancy to obtain salvation the New Birth ...Thats y he wants to sow his precious seed in our hearts...As Faith comes by hearing his words his seeds etc initiating a birth of Christ in us...Which is the H.G. the Children of Promise....An Israel of God ..That was the great Promise that Christ wd be multiplied as the stars of heaven..Thats y he has to know us..Thats when the good seed is sown in our hearts initiaing a spirutal pregnancy.
....Thats y we must be bornagain. We must birth a baby Christ the Child of Promise the H.G...Thats y Jesus is saying Unless you receive the Kingdom of God as a lil Child...( a Heavenly Birth,..a spirutal baby,..an infant...That New Born Babe Paul was talking about ) you will in no wise enter there in...But all this requires a spiritual pregnancy from his good seed the Words of the new Covenant...Thats y scrip. is saying in Christ Jesus nothing availeth anything but a New Creature which is our new born the H.G. The Child of Promise the H.G....Not Circumcision nor uncircumcision only that new creature the H.G. Which answers to our new heart and new spirit..In John 16 :20 he said b/c i have spoken these words ( his seeds ) sorrows (a pregnancy) has filled your hearts....A woman when she is in travail has sorrows but after the Child comes ( the H.G. ) her sorrows are turned into joy...The H.G. is the Kingdom...In Rev. 12 :10 The Kingdom comes after the Woman births the Child...But she had to go thru a spiritual pregnancy 1 st...ok lemme go...The Woman is humanity...The Prophets saw the whole world in travail and birth pains...If i be lifted up i will draw ALL men unto me....Jesus our lord said that....
If one wanted to look up or do a word study in Greek, would you recommend King James study bible/strongs translation?
My reason for asking is you said J Vernon Mcgee translation of the word substance you didn't agree with but it's what I find when I look the verse up and the translation of what is being used. However, the conclusion and understanding parallel.
I know there is different forms of Greek but what form of Greek is the King James drawn from?
Greek:
Transliteration: hupostasis
Pronunciation: hoop-os'-tas-is
Definition: From a compound of G5259 and G2476; a setting under (support) that is (figuratively) concretely essence or abstractly assurance (objectively or subjectively): - confidence confident person substance.
Dear Heavenly Father, Arlene is seeking You for her son's healing and recovery. We ask You, Father, in the name of Jesus, to bring deliverance from alcoholism to Arlene's son. Bring him to seek rehab and desire to put an end to drinking for good. Empower him to say "no" in every circumstance where he is tempted to drink. Also, we ask that You take care of Parkinson's in him. He has an awful lot to deal with and we trust You to show him compassion and mercy. Amen.
Such an uplifting post. I do hope that things are going better for you and your loved ones. I am glad you continue to ask for prayer. I am always glad to do so.
Yes, it is a funny thing, as you say. We try our best, even with all of the Hebrew names and places in the O.T. But being able to pronounce names accurately is not necessary to understand Scripture, thankfully. I do appreciate your help with Greek. Thank you.
In John 3:9 Paul is speaking about Diotrephes, who must have been a leader or elder in the congregation. Diotrephes was prideful, arrogant, and wanted to be the "top dog" in this congregation and to be admired by the congregants. He would not show hospitality to traveling missionaries such as Paul, refused them to enter their congregation and do any preaching, as he thought only he should preach. He also told the members of this congregation to not show hospitality, or meet with, or listen to these missionaries preach. If they did, Diotrephes put these members out of the church. He spoke maliciously about these traveling missionaries, disparaging them to those in his congregation. Diotresphes showed many signs of being an aberrant cult leader.
This is an interesting conversation. What I would like to add is that God is still drawing people to Jesus by the Holy Spirit and empowering the Gospel of Christ unto the salvation of those given to Jesus by the Father. So, as we know that to the unregenerate, the Gospel is not what they want to listen to, they hate its message and Messenger, they despise the true things of God. But, because God is merciful and desires to redeem mankind through the Son, many are drawn to Jesus and, by grace, prepared to receive the Gospel and be saved. Hallelujah that God does not change and is always true to His Word and promises.
With this said, those of us who believe have been changed, we are new creations. The unsaved can detect this. Some will be repelled by us and others, whom God has chosen will be drawn to us and will answer to the call of God through the Gospel message. We need to pray for opportunities to share the gospel and for people to be sent to us to hear it. We especially should pray for those we know who still need to come to salvation in Jesus. We are part of their lives for this very purpose.
Such a wonderful account of how the Holy Spirit works in our hearts and then brings answers and/or confirmations from outside ourselves. This happens to me often, and I am so thankful that God stoops to bring me such occurrences. It touches my heart and also builds my faith.
Between the fifth and sixth trumpets is tribulation. Between the sixth and seventh trumpets is the GREAT tribulation, as Jesus Christ called it himself, Mathew 24:21. We are on the heals of destruction (sixth trumpet), so that means looking back in recent history to pin point the fifth trumpet event, like 9/11/01, Revelation 9:1-11.
Do you know what occurs at the sixth trumpet, day of the Lord? The abomination of desolation, Matthew 24:15, is brought upon modern day Israel, and the world, setting forth the GREAT tribulation. The world will be a curse, Malachi 4:5-6.
We are currently in tribulation, at the tail end of the fifth trumpet, and in the midst of Revelation 17. America is pushing a $70 billion proxy war with Russia. The king of the south is facing the mighty Russian beast, whose Dec 25, 1991 deadly wound has healed into the king of the north, Daniel 11:40. It's Esau vs Jacob, leaving Jacob without root nor branch, Obadiah 1. It's also the beast and Babylon, making 3 allegories to confuse you for a lifetime if you can't make the connections.
We are literally waiting for the US/Israel to strike Iran (or the like), Revelation 6:14 sixth seal, and eventually bring about the sixth trumpet overthrow of the whole house of Israel. US NATO Israel receive their visitation.
You see, there is a big difference between tribulation and GREAT tribulation.
A few years ago I had a problem and I was desperate to get an answer from God and get what I was asking for. So I was trying to find out how to move God's Hand for me. I thought that God may have a "button" in His Heart like people. In my country we say that all people have a button in their heart that if you find it and press it then they give you everything they have, even themselves. It is a metaphor. So I was thinking what that button may be in God's heart. Is it that that I become completely devoted like Paul and the apostles, is it that I become always thankgiving to God no matter what, is it that I suffer persecutions for God, is it that I go out and preach the Gospel to people in cities squares, is it that I write hymns and songs for God like David did? What should I do to impress God, to make Him like me a little bit more and give me what I wanted from Him? Anyway I was thinking this sort of things.
The next day in the evening we had a congregation in my church. A preacher from another city from another church passed by and he started preaching. It was about faith. And among the others he said "Do you want to know what is God's button? That button is called faith. Have faith in your heart that you will be given your need and do not hesitate at all and God will definetely do that...". An immediate response to my thoughts from God.
Diotrephes? I always enjoy how English people try to pronounce greek names. Since phonetics are very different something that is very easy to pronounce in grk is very hard to pronounce in Eng. I'll wait until somebody answers and then I will tell you how it is pronounced in greek. (If you get a Spaniard or an Italian he'll get it right).
Many theologists have the belief that that "wisdom" mentioned in Proverbs is Jesus Christ personally. Why do they think that? Because of verses like in 1 Cor 1:23-24 or 1 Cor 1:30 "But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption". They take those verses literally. Is this right? Many opinions. Mine is no it isn't. In the previous verses what Paul says is that through Jesus God's wisdom was revealed to people, not that He is the Wisdom Himself. It was Jesus who revealed God's truth to people, he revealed the mysterious plan of God to save mankind. God's wisdom can not be explored by people, many believe it is "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness" (verse 18), but it really is " but unto us which are saved it is the power of God".
Going back to Proverbs God's wisdom takes a human nature and talks like a man. It was something that even todays writters do, they personify things, to make a stronger impression. Paul does that when he personifies sin in Romans, or when he talks about Death and Hell(Hades) in Corinthians. Besides that, wisdom in Proverbs is described as a woman not as a man, since in Hebrew this word is of feminine gender, like in Proverbs 2:4. In Hebrew "am-thbqshNE kksph ukmtmunim thchphshNE". In English "if you are seekingHER as the silver and as the buried treasures you are searching for HER"
We don't go to heaven by being good, nor in just believing in the existence of God. One would have to recognize his sinful and lost state and have faith in Gods plan of redemption.
God is Holy and there is nothing man can do to reconcile himself to God.
Romans 3:10-11 says "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
The wages of sin is death, we're all sinners and sin have to be paid for, so I don't like to say Christ done away with sin on the cross but rather "Christ paid the penalty for our sin on the cross". He was the sacrificial lamb, He died in our place. Jesus was sinless and when the Lord took upon our sin God the father didn't spare him.
There is no way to the father but through the son. John 14:6.
You asked "Is it right to put a good man into hell because he doesn't believe in God?
No one is good but God as shown here in Mark 10:18 "And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
God Holiness is above our comprehension.
Isaiah 55:6-9.
God bless.
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
In other words , the great tribulation has not here yet .
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: (dikai) Having been Justified : The believer is "made righteous/justified" by the Lord, cleared of all charges (punishment) related to their sins .
Having been cleared of all charges , we have peace with God the Father thru Jesus .
To continued.
Jesus' perfectly sinfree life justified Him before God. But we can never live the life He lived. Yet the work of the cross by Jesus takes away all of our sins and instead of us standing before God condemned in our sinfulness, we stand before God justified in the righteousness of Jesus. This is how we are justified by faith. God always judges justly any and all men.
I recommend reading Romans all the way through. This will be helpful to you.
I would like to speak to your question concerning what is justified by faith.
The Bible, especially in the letters of Paul to the Romans, speak that no person can ever be justified before God by being good enough. This is because, even if we wish to do what is right, we will also do what is wrong. This is because we have a fallen nature called the sinful nature, (Paul often refers to it as the "flesh" but he is not referring to our physical flesh). This sinful nature is passed to each person at conception from their parents and this inherited nature goes all the way back to Adam and Eve who first sinned against God and lost their innocence and goodness before God.
Paul also speaks in Romans that everyone has sinned and so we fall short of God's glory (that is not being perfect before God). He also says that the wages of sin is death (both spiritually and eventually, physically for every person). This death that we earned is first spoken about in Genesis 3 with the commandment and warning of God to Adam and Eve.
Paul also speaks about Abraham and how it was his belief and trust in God that made Him to stand justified before God even though a sinner. God had shared the Gospel with Abraham about a coming Messiah who would save mankind from sins. Abraham believed this gospel. So, Abraham's justification was not because he obeyed God alot, but because He believed God and this belief was based on the Gospel. He looked to being saved from his sins in the saving work of the Messiah to come.
Paul goes on to say that the just shall live by faith. This means that we are justified by the righteousness of Jesus (who lived a perfect life and took our sins upon the cross to free us from the curse of sin (the wages=death) and arose from the dead to give us life in Him. Those who believe this and entrust their lives to Jesus in faith are justified before God because our sinfulness was exchanged for Jesus' perfect righteousness..... continued
You say some things I don't understand, so if I point them out, will you respond? Reply back?
Daily chapter breakdowns aren't debated enough.
Thanks
And remember Bro. Paul speaks of the whole Creation in Travail n birth pains...becoming incorruptible simply we are all gonna be bornagain of an incorruptible seed.... Romans 8:21...ok gtg..Gbu...And this Woman keeps the commandments..b/c her child cannot sin....That new born babe desiring the sincere milk of the word is the H.G. that Paul speaks of is the Child of PROMISE..Our new innerman the H.G...The very gift of God.
I'm going to shift your post a little and see if this interests you. Speaking of Revelation 12, specifically Revelation 12:6 & Revelation 12:14: The woman represents the 144,000 sealed saints ( Revelation 7:4), BOTH are protected for a thousand two hundred and threescore days. Only the saints are officially sealed. It is a continued allegory describing the saints vs the man of sin, end-times, etc.
The saints are so unbelievably important, yet underrated. They are the first fruits, set apart from the 5.5 billion day of the Lord survivors. The saints are the ONLY first resurrection participants, tasked with healing people, the earth and administering to Christ. The rest sleep till called at the second resurrection.
The saints are featured in 7 Chapters of Revelation, hidden in allegory, and referred to. People then add characters to the narrative and always miss that the sealed saints in Revelation 7:4, before the sixth trumpet, are the same saints in heaven at the seventh trumpet, Revelation 7:9-14. "They came out of the great tribulation". AND this occurs at the exact same time God calls up the two witnesses, Revelation 11:12. The saints and the two witnesses are one and the same!!! You will not see the saints without the witnesses from BOTH houses of Israel (Israel & Judah). Don't get the "two men" allegory wrong. Forget about Moses and Elijah or Enoch, that is a tired excuse for filling in the answer with anything that will suffice. After Solomon, Israel was split in two nations, hence, two men. The two candlesticks and two olive trees that stand before God are God's pride and joy, the whole house of Israel.
Prophesy is unfolding rapidly, it never stopped and can be identified. Acquaint yourself with the prophets, what Jesus says in Matthew 24 and Luke 17. The prophets were shown our future, and this coming sixth trumpet, day of the Lord, scared them deeply, Ezekiel 21:7, Isaiah 13:8-9.
Christian's aren't scared because they weren't taught the proper tenants of the Bible, they think God will unconditionally protect them, no matter how badly their elected leaders behave. Will America will always sit a queen? Isaiah 47:7-11
The Bible is limited in its 1-4 trumpet descriptions. It is the last 3 end-time trumpets, 5, 6 & 7, that matter for this "last generation" (according to the signs). Half of Revelation 9 is dedicated to the fifth trumpet, the other half to the sixth trumpet. The sixth trumpet army smashes the fifth trumpet army to dust!!! Esau smashes Jacob, Obadiah 1. The king of the north smashes the king of the south, Daniel 11:40. The sixth trumpet is about one third of end-time prophesy; there's much written about it, enough for you to see prophesy unfolding in our time. Not many see what they read, let alone admit God is against backsliding America, Ezekiel 21:12.
Here's a big prophesy come to light in our time, but I don't expect it to fit in someone else's narrative:
Revelation 9:1-11 was 9-11-01, America is the fifth trumpet army, running a 20 year war on terror.
Revelation 9:4 America killed those men who did not have the seal of God in their foreheads (Muslims), and were told not to harm any green tree, and nothing green grows in the desert.
Revelation 9:6 The Muslims who were tortured at Abu Ghraib prison were seeking death, and couldn't find it.
I have been thinking these past few days about what Jesus meant when He told the disciples to take up their cross and follow Him ( Matt 10:38). It is very clear that none of us are have a cross like Jesus'. The "cross" He had was one of suffering and death for the sins of the world. In Gethsemane when forseeing the cross lived out, He was sorrowful unto death. His cross was always to do the will of the Father, and the Father's will was for Jesus to sacrifice His life as a sin offering to expiate our sins and propitiate the wrath of God on sin. This is not a cross we have. So, I was thinking, what is our cross then?
My thoughts are that, like Jesus, our cross is to do the will of the Father in our lives, even unto death. This does not mean that we seek martyrdom, but that persecution and martyrdom may be ahead for some of us. Also, the cross is symbol of death, so today's verse seems to fit in with what Jesus said. As, Paul spoke, it is a dying to self and self-will and living for God and His will.
Then I consider this in light of what Jesus had said about casting all of our burdens upon Him because His yoke is easy and HIs burden is light. Matt 11:29830. So He calls us to take up His yoke upon us and learn from Him. He says that He will give rest to our souls. So I am wondering how this factors into His words about taking up cross and following Him.
I would appreciate reading what others think about this as it has been on my mind this past week and, now, today, the verse speaks of being crucified with Christ.
Anti-God deniers want their cake and to eat it too. Wanting all the benefits of a Christ follower, with grace, heaven, but don't want to follow God or believe in Him, want to ignore God's word, and still desire to follow satan and hurt others while on earth. That's totally evil and a ridiculous expectation.
A false premise in the question is "good man." No one is good except God. Someone who rejects the truth and denies God is hardly "good." All are sinners. Romans 3:23.
....Thats y we must be bornagain. We must birth a baby Christ the Child of Promise the H.G...Thats y Jesus is saying Unless you receive the Kingdom of God as a lil Child...( a Heavenly Birth,..a spirutal baby,..an infant...That New Born Babe Paul was talking about ) you will in no wise enter there in...But all this requires a spiritual pregnancy from his good seed the Words of the new Covenant...Thats y scrip. is saying in Christ Jesus nothing availeth anything but a New Creature which is our new born the H.G. The Child of Promise the H.G....Not Circumcision nor uncircumcision only that new creature the H.G. Which answers to our new heart and new spirit..In John 16 :20 he said b/c i have spoken these words ( his seeds ) sorrows (a pregnancy) has filled your hearts....A woman when she is in travail has sorrows but after the Child comes ( the H.G. ) her sorrows are turned into joy...The H.G. is the Kingdom...In Rev. 12 :10 The Kingdom comes after the Woman births the Child...But she had to go thru a spiritual pregnancy 1 st...ok lemme go...The Woman is humanity...The Prophets saw the whole world in travail and birth pains...If i be lifted up i will draw ALL men unto me....Jesus our lord said that....
This scripture may be exactly what you were looking for: 1John 5:13,14, in context 1John 5, continued from 1John 4,
I thank the LORD, showing me today.
Hopefully this is helpful
If one wanted to look up or do a word study in Greek, would you recommend King James study bible/strongs translation?
My reason for asking is you said J Vernon Mcgee translation of the word substance you didn't agree with but it's what I find when I look the verse up and the translation of what is being used. However, the conclusion and understanding parallel.
I know there is different forms of Greek but what form of Greek is the King James drawn from?
Greek:
Transliteration: hupostasis
Pronunciation: hoop-os'-tas-is
Definition: From a compound of G5259 and G2476; a setting under (support) that is (figuratively) concretely essence or abstractly assurance (objectively or subjectively): - confidence confident person substance.
Thanks in advance and God bless.
Dear Heavenly Father, Arlene is seeking You for her son's healing and recovery. We ask You, Father, in the name of Jesus, to bring deliverance from alcoholism to Arlene's son. Bring him to seek rehab and desire to put an end to drinking for good. Empower him to say "no" in every circumstance where he is tempted to drink. Also, we ask that You take care of Parkinson's in him. He has an awful lot to deal with and we trust You to show him compassion and mercy. Amen.
Such an uplifting post. I do hope that things are going better for you and your loved ones. I am glad you continue to ask for prayer. I am always glad to do so.
Yes, it is a funny thing, as you say. We try our best, even with all of the Hebrew names and places in the O.T. But being able to pronounce names accurately is not necessary to understand Scripture, thankfully. I do appreciate your help with Greek. Thank you.
In John 3:9 Paul is speaking about Diotrephes, who must have been a leader or elder in the congregation. Diotrephes was prideful, arrogant, and wanted to be the "top dog" in this congregation and to be admired by the congregants. He would not show hospitality to traveling missionaries such as Paul, refused them to enter their congregation and do any preaching, as he thought only he should preach. He also told the members of this congregation to not show hospitality, or meet with, or listen to these missionaries preach. If they did, Diotrephes put these members out of the church. He spoke maliciously about these traveling missionaries, disparaging them to those in his congregation. Diotresphes showed many signs of being an aberrant cult leader.
This is an interesting conversation. What I would like to add is that God is still drawing people to Jesus by the Holy Spirit and empowering the Gospel of Christ unto the salvation of those given to Jesus by the Father. So, as we know that to the unregenerate, the Gospel is not what they want to listen to, they hate its message and Messenger, they despise the true things of God. But, because God is merciful and desires to redeem mankind through the Son, many are drawn to Jesus and, by grace, prepared to receive the Gospel and be saved. Hallelujah that God does not change and is always true to His Word and promises.
With this said, those of us who believe have been changed, we are new creations. The unsaved can detect this. Some will be repelled by us and others, whom God has chosen will be drawn to us and will answer to the call of God through the Gospel message. We need to pray for opportunities to share the gospel and for people to be sent to us to hear it. We especially should pray for those we know who still need to come to salvation in Jesus. We are part of their lives for this very purpose.
Such a wonderful account of how the Holy Spirit works in our hearts and then brings answers and/or confirmations from outside ourselves. This happens to me often, and I am so thankful that God stoops to bring me such occurrences. It touches my heart and also builds my faith.
Between the fifth and sixth trumpets is tribulation. Between the sixth and seventh trumpets is the GREAT tribulation, as Jesus Christ called it himself, Mathew 24:21. We are on the heals of destruction (sixth trumpet), so that means looking back in recent history to pin point the fifth trumpet event, like 9/11/01, Revelation 9:1-11.
Do you know what occurs at the sixth trumpet, day of the Lord? The abomination of desolation, Matthew 24:15, is brought upon modern day Israel, and the world, setting forth the GREAT tribulation. The world will be a curse, Malachi 4:5-6.
We are currently in tribulation, at the tail end of the fifth trumpet, and in the midst of Revelation 17. America is pushing a $70 billion proxy war with Russia. The king of the south is facing the mighty Russian beast, whose Dec 25, 1991 deadly wound has healed into the king of the north, Daniel 11:40. It's Esau vs Jacob, leaving Jacob without root nor branch, Obadiah 1. It's also the beast and Babylon, making 3 allegories to confuse you for a lifetime if you can't make the connections.
We are literally waiting for the US/Israel to strike Iran (or the like), Revelation 6:14 sixth seal, and eventually bring about the sixth trumpet overthrow of the whole house of Israel. US NATO Israel receive their visitation.
You see, there is a big difference between tribulation and GREAT tribulation.
About faith again. An experience of mine.
A few years ago I had a problem and I was desperate to get an answer from God and get what I was asking for. So I was trying to find out how to move God's Hand for me. I thought that God may have a "button" in His Heart like people. In my country we say that all people have a button in their heart that if you find it and press it then they give you everything they have, even themselves. It is a metaphor. So I was thinking what that button may be in God's heart. Is it that that I become completely devoted like Paul and the apostles, is it that I become always thankgiving to God no matter what, is it that I suffer persecutions for God, is it that I go out and preach the Gospel to people in cities squares, is it that I write hymns and songs for God like David did? What should I do to impress God, to make Him like me a little bit more and give me what I wanted from Him? Anyway I was thinking this sort of things.
The next day in the evening we had a congregation in my church. A preacher from another city from another church passed by and he started preaching. It was about faith. And among the others he said "Do you want to know what is God's button? That button is called faith. Have faith in your heart that you will be given your need and do not hesitate at all and God will definetely do that...". An immediate response to my thoughts from God.
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Very good reply.
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Diotrephes? I always enjoy how English people try to pronounce greek names. Since phonetics are very different something that is very easy to pronounce in grk is very hard to pronounce in Eng. I'll wait until somebody answers and then I will tell you how it is pronounced in greek. (If you get a Spaniard or an Italian he'll get it right).
You are mighty! You understand Your children perfectly. And feel for us
so deeply . You know it's not easy and I'm touched by Your constant
Faithfulness. I know by faith alone that I will be celebrating for the
outcome of this passing trial. And by Your grace, my spirit can declare
Your Faithfulness in weariness tonight. Thank You for Your strength.
For carrying me through. Alleluia!
Many theologists have the belief that that "wisdom" mentioned in Proverbs is Jesus Christ personally. Why do they think that? Because of verses like in 1 Cor 1:23-24 or 1 Cor 1:30 "But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption". They take those verses literally. Is this right? Many opinions. Mine is no it isn't. In the previous verses what Paul says is that through Jesus God's wisdom was revealed to people, not that He is the Wisdom Himself. It was Jesus who revealed God's truth to people, he revealed the mysterious plan of God to save mankind. God's wisdom can not be explored by people, many believe it is "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness" (verse 18), but it really is " but unto us which are saved it is the power of God".
Going back to Proverbs God's wisdom takes a human nature and talks like a man. It was something that even todays writters do, they personify things, to make a stronger impression. Paul does that when he personifies sin in Romans, or when he talks about Death and Hell(Hades) in Corinthians. Besides that, wisdom in Proverbs is described as a woman not as a man, since in Hebrew this word is of feminine gender, like in Proverbs 2:4. In Hebrew "am-thbqshNE kksph ukmtmunim thchphshNE". In English "if you are seekingHER as the silver and as the buried treasures you are searching for HER"
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