Mark 9:41:- For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
Romans 16:13:- Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
Who is this Rufus? Why do we consider him?
Rufus is the best example, the promise given by Jesus Christ himself is still in effect. Rufus is a Son of Simon a Cyrenian who bore Christ's cross for a while ( Mark 9:41, 15:21). It is the true and greatest joy for Simon a Cyrenian to know his Son found Christ and saved and has a notable place in Paul's Salute. ( 3 John 1:4)
When you bleep out words in the Bible like, ass, you make it seem like God was swearing. People can look it up in the dictionary if they don't know what an ass is. Why make the world think God was using bad language and YOU corrected Him? You are taking words out of the Bible and woe unto you!
Apologies for not responding earlier. Thank you for your response! I consider myself to be one who has been on 'milk' for way too long. I am now attending a local church and am in a woman's Bible study who is studying Hebrews.
I am also in dialogue with the pastor about salvation. He believes that man has his own will to 'walk away' from God and that God will not fight the will of man. Thankfully he is very open to questions and thus far from his sermons, is not one that preaches condemnation-works salvation.
From a very simple viewpoint, I think about ones who live in a rural area that have only one church available to them. This is likely not true now but in the past is a possibility. I say all this because won't there be many in that church community that are 'saved' but may have differing interpretations? Eph 4:13 came up in my study today, not sure I am taking it out of context, but could it support my simple viewpoint? Thank you again.
How come I see no discussion on addiction and the forgiveness for it and the slander and gossip and profiling and judgement of it and the law and fellow Christians not being at all Christian about it
How do you know that even though a man may say that he doesn't feel the same but comes back to you repeatably should you leave or be patient and persevere because you already know it's meant to be what verse backs your knowledge of this
Why do some Christians say, "if God be willing", or "if it be God's will"? Isn't that unbelief or even doubt, and does not the Word of God say that my people perish for lack of not knowing the truth, or having knownlege of the truth.
I read that James 4 14 means that our relationships with parents ,children,siblings etc is only temporary. Is this true because I thought our relationships carried over into heaven with our loved ones who are believers. I don't see anywhere in that verse where it says our relationships are only temporary.. can you explain...
Who is 3:22 is the Lord referring to when he mentions that Adam has become as one of us? This is the second time since I began reading Genesis that I've noticed a comment like this.
Question: What of those faithfully believe in Jesus, but are innocently lead/deceived by the wrong church?
Mark 9:41:- For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
Romans 16:13:- Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
Who is this Rufus? Why do we consider him?
Rufus is the best example, the promise given by Jesus Christ himself is still in effect. Rufus is a Son of Simon a Cyrenian who bore Christ's cross for a while ( Mark 9:41, 15:21). It is the true and greatest joy for Simon a Cyrenian to know his Son found Christ and saved and has a notable place in Paul's Salute. ( 3 John 1:4)
Apologies for not responding earlier. Thank you for your response! I consider myself to be one who has been on 'milk' for way too long. I am now attending a local church and am in a woman's Bible study who is studying Hebrews.
I am also in dialogue with the pastor about salvation. He believes that man has his own will to 'walk away' from God and that God will not fight the will of man. Thankfully he is very open to questions and thus far from his sermons, is not one that preaches condemnation-works salvation.
From a very simple viewpoint, I think about ones who live in a rural area that have only one church available to them. This is likely not true now but in the past is a possibility. I say all this because won't there be many in that church community that are 'saved' but may have differing interpretations? Eph 4:13 came up in my study today, not sure I am taking it out of context, but could it support my simple viewpoint? Thank you again.
God bless you
Thank you
where should I go to get direction
Was Judas a sinner? And was he a true follower of Christ?
by our Lord,
it's quite simple.
And meant for everyday use.
Recipe:
1 Corinthians 6
Matthew 22
Procedure:
Three (3) people are seated at table -
including least esteemed member (LEMC)
of church.
[ Doesn't work with just two. ]
LEMC asks one question iteratively,
"Is this behavior loving toward this person?"
Discard behaviors for which response is 'no'.
Continue together in love & charity.
End.
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