In high school one Sunday I was sitting in church with mom/ I had a prayer about all the different churches and one God and Jesus. I : Father if there is something You approve of 100 %, please let me know. I only thought of that when I was hiking in the mountains and sat down to rest. It would always come back to me just like the original prayer.
That happened for a little over seven years. I couldn't actually hear a voice but could feel it inside my head.
Then finally when back in college after the service and using the GI bill, I went for a drive one night to rest from taking a bunch of tests. I stopped in the hospital parking lot across from the campus and it was dark.... The thought came to me harder again. I said to God..... I will never find it unless You decide to show me and I promised to do anything if He would just show me. (that felt good) 2 weeks later I ended up in that same hospital from a gymnastics mishap and the trainee nurse who was assigned to me was different. There was something I felt about her spirit. 2 weeks later I called her and we had a soft drink at a restaurant together. I asked her how she believed.... She answered 3 questions.
She said: I was raised in the worldwide fellow ship Jesus started nearly 2000 years ago. Hmm I thought welll what is the name of it? She said: Jesus didn't make a name for it. whooo I thought but I didn't dare laugh because I thought I have been asking a long time and maybe this could be it so just be. respectful....
After Igot my composure back I asked if they had churches? She answered yes..... in the home.... Jesus started the churches in the home. Oh wow I thought... what could this be?
3rd question: Do they have ministers? Yes just like the original disciples who were chosen by God Himself they are chosen the same way and if they accept they sell everything and go out in twos 2 women together and 2 men together. that was 50 years ago.
Here is some food for thought. Aquilla and Priscilla the tent makers were praised for the church in their home.
Philemon: Paul's letter he sent back with Onesimus was to Philemon & Apphia his wife and the church in their home.
There are two other references to people who followed Jesus and had church in their home.
Acts 7: 47 to around 50 ;;;; The most High dwelleth not in temples made by hands ----what can ye make me --I have already made everything. Hmmmmmm doesn't appear God is impressed by massive temples???
Am I correct in saying that Christ has freed us from the law, having fulfilled it on the cross, and triumphing over it openly putting it to shame. And that we are no longer under the law to keep it, because the law in Christ Jesus has freed us from the law of sin and death. And that we are made right with God by faith in His son Jesus Christ, not by keeping the law, and lastly if we could keep the law then Christ death is in vain??
This is from the heart. Some here believe Paul preached "once saved always saved" or something. Paul wrote Hebrews:
Hebrews 10:26-31 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Turn to the Lord Jesus Christ through His word. Receive Him. Follow Him. Repent from the sins of this world and of the flesh.
You know verse 29 of the script is ministering to my heart.
"That no man should glory in his presence."
For though we are as grass which the winds drives away, we still find a way to be boastful and proud, high and mighty of ourselves. And forgetting to give God the Glory first.
Yet God's still busy caring for us. What is man that God is mindful of us?
Can our presence bring healing or deliverance?
How about peace of mind?
Were we even able to be born of our own free will?
When Moses went to visit God on the Mount to receive the commandments of God, he was expecting to be in the presence of God. What he did not know was that going into the presence of the Lord would allow him to receive the Glory of the Lord.
When God's Glory is shown on and through His children there is no need to boast or to act mighty. God's Glory will draw men unto Him. In this regard, lets be prepared to work and help others to understand that to glory in self is to glory in vain. For what you glory in will last for only a moment.
However, if you glory in the Lord the same will last forevermore.
*Made from dust... The body will return there.
*Breath of life given... Can be taken away in a second and even less.
*Tears of JOY.... Can be turned into mourner all too soon
Do not make yourself an idol to yourself. Serve the Lord and He will direct your Path.
Some believe that while Jesus' body was in the tomb, His spirit was in hell.Scripture doesn't support that position when it is taken in context and we look at the meaning of the word "hell." In the Old Testament, the place of the dead or the place of departed souls was called "SHEOL."It was to this place that all souls of the dead went to await resurrection.
In the New Testament, we find the story of Lazarus and the rich man who both died and went to Hades ( Luke 16:19-31). The KJV translates the Greek word "hades" as hell but most other translations use the Greek word. HADES had two separated parts: Those who died in faith believing in God's promise waited for the resurrection in Abraham's Bosom. Those who died spiritually separated from God wait in torment for the resurrection unto death, eternal separation from God. The rich man was on the torment side and Lazarus was in ABRAHAMS BOSOM which was called "PARADISE" by the LORD Jesus Christ himself when He addressed the thief who found faith the day Jesus was crucified ( Luke 23:42-43)
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment" ( 2 Peter 2:4). The word translated "HELL" here is not the Greek word "HADES" but is the Greek word "TARTARUS" meaning ABYSS or the lowest regions. This could very well be the "gulf" that was fixed between the PLACE OF TORMENT and Abraham's Bosom ( Luke 16:26).
When He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that He ascended, what is it but that He also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fulfill all things" ( Ephesians 4:8-10). Leading captivity captive seems to refer to Jesus taking all those that waited in Paradise to heaven to be with Him. The descending into the "lower parts" then refers to Jesus mission of declaring freedom too all inmates.
To Adam: If you have been born again of the Spirit of God; all your sins have been forgiven, past sins, present sins, and future sins, and the sins of the flesh are not imputed unto you. What reason could God possibly have to kick you out of His family?
More on the Godhead in the Bible on Acts 3 - 3 years ago
Reply to Rod:
Using the Search Box on this website; type in the words, Trinity or Triune. Those 2 words ARE NOT in the King James Bible. Cover to cover.
If you type GODHEAD, you'll see 3 scriptures be fetched by the search engine. Read these.
Acts 17:32
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Comment: people will buy paintings of the Godhead and decorate their walls.
Romans 1:20
For the invisible things of HIM from the creation of the world are CLEARLY SEEN, being understood by the things that are made (us), even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Colossians 2:9
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead BODILY.
Comments by me. Genesis 1:1 is clearly understood. God Wills; Jesus (The Word) speaks; the Holy Spirit performs. "Time. Force. Action. Matter". Four things all scientists have tried to explain throughout time. Earth is the only planet that has water.
Christians have the mind of Christ. We're all enabled to see the Godhead at work; on earth and in our lives. How? The Holy Spirit indwells us in our born again spirits and teaches us the Word of God. Seek and you will find.
If we can just read the Bible and accept what is written in it; believe, apply to our lives; and like little children do: believe what God says about Himself. If you doubt or debate, you're in a ditch. Your faith is a shipwreck.
God is on the Throne. Jesus sits at the right hand of God, making intercession for The Saints of God. That's us. The Holy Spirit is present on Earth, PERFORMING what is in the mind of Jesus Christ.
How hard is that to understand? The Godhead works together every moment. A Bible ENCYCLOPEDIA shows all of the Holy Spirits names. There are many. Learn all of them. Praise and worship that He is at work in your life. Do not grieve or quench the Holy Spirit.
Struggling with teenager temptations, as a Christian as such a young age I want to continue to grow and build my relationship and bond with Jesus my savior please write me any scriptures and email me for more info god bless this fallen world.
That happened for a little over seven years. I couldn't actually hear a voice but could feel it inside my head.
Then finally when back in college after the service and using the GI bill, I went for a drive one night to rest from taking a bunch of tests. I stopped in the hospital parking lot across from the campus and it was dark.... The thought came to me harder again. I said to God..... I will never find it unless You decide to show me and I promised to do anything if He would just show me. (that felt good) 2 weeks later I ended up in that same hospital from a gymnastics mishap and the trainee nurse who was assigned to me was different. There was something I felt about her spirit. 2 weeks later I called her and we had a soft drink at a restaurant together. I asked her how she believed.... She answered 3 questions.
She said: I was raised in the worldwide fellow ship Jesus started nearly 2000 years ago. Hmm I thought welll what is the name of it? She said: Jesus didn't make a name for it. whooo I thought but I didn't dare laugh because I thought I have been asking a long time and maybe this could be it so just be. respectful....
After Igot my composure back I asked if they had churches? She answered yes..... in the home.... Jesus started the churches in the home. Oh wow I thought... what could this be?
3rd question: Do they have ministers? Yes just like the original disciples who were chosen by God Himself they are chosen the same way and if they accept they sell everything and go out in twos 2 women together and 2 men together. that was 50 years ago.
Philemon: Paul's letter he sent back with Onesimus was to Philemon & Apphia his wife and the church in their home.
There are two other references to people who followed Jesus and had church in their home.
Acts 7: 47 to around 50 ;;;; The most High dwelleth not in temples made by hands ----what can ye make me --I have already made everything. Hmmmmmm doesn't appear God is impressed by massive temples???
Hebrews 10:26-31 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Turn to the Lord Jesus Christ through His word. Receive Him. Follow Him. Repent from the sins of this world and of the flesh.
God Bless everyone.
"That no man should glory in his presence."
For though we are as grass which the winds drives away, we still find a way to be boastful and proud, high and mighty of ourselves. And forgetting to give God the Glory first.
Yet God's still busy caring for us. What is man that God is mindful of us?
Can our presence bring healing or deliverance?
How about peace of mind?
Were we even able to be born of our own free will?
When Moses went to visit God on the Mount to receive the commandments of God, he was expecting to be in the presence of God. What he did not know was that going into the presence of the Lord would allow him to receive the Glory of the Lord.
When God's Glory is shown on and through His children there is no need to boast or to act mighty. God's Glory will draw men unto Him. In this regard, lets be prepared to work and help others to understand that to glory in self is to glory in vain. For what you glory in will last for only a moment.
However, if you glory in the Lord the same will last forevermore.
*Made from dust... The body will return there.
*Breath of life given... Can be taken away in a second and even less.
*Tears of JOY.... Can be turned into mourner all too soon
Do not make yourself an idol to yourself. Serve the Lord and He will direct your Path.
*May *God *Bless * You *Always :)
what does it mean? Levites will be offered as an offering or offer an offering for them?
In the New Testament, we find the story of Lazarus and the rich man who both died and went to Hades ( Luke 16:19-31). The KJV translates the Greek word "hades" as hell but most other translations use the Greek word. HADES had two separated parts: Those who died in faith believing in God's promise waited for the resurrection in Abraham's Bosom. Those who died spiritually separated from God wait in torment for the resurrection unto death, eternal separation from God. The rich man was on the torment side and Lazarus was in ABRAHAMS BOSOM which was called "PARADISE" by the LORD Jesus Christ himself when He addressed the thief who found faith the day Jesus was crucified ( Luke 23:42-43)
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment" ( 2 Peter 2:4). The word translated "HELL" here is not the Greek word "HADES" but is the Greek word "TARTARUS" meaning ABYSS or the lowest regions. This could very well be the "gulf" that was fixed between the PLACE OF TORMENT and Abraham's Bosom ( Luke 16:26).
When He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that He ascended, what is it but that He also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fulfill all things" ( Ephesians 4:8-10). Leading captivity captive seems to refer to Jesus taking all those that waited in Paradise to heaven to be with Him. The descending into the "lower parts" then refers to Jesus mission of declaring freedom too all inmates.
Have you considered cold contact evangelism? Like maybe on a park bench?
Some of you are really gifted to share the gospel.
In my experience, if you let the Lord know where you're going to be today, and you are available: He'll bring some folk by your picnic table.
As long as we pick public places, in public right-of-way, there's no problem.
Expect the best! Leading one soul to the Grace of God is a wonderful blessing.
Beautiful are the feet of those who bring the Good News.
You guys are blessed!
Using the Search Box on this website; type in the words, Trinity or Triune. Those 2 words ARE NOT in the King James Bible. Cover to cover.
If you type GODHEAD, you'll see 3 scriptures be fetched by the search engine. Read these.
Acts 17:32
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Comment: people will buy paintings of the Godhead and decorate their walls.
Romans 1:20
For the invisible things of HIM from the creation of the world are CLEARLY SEEN, being understood by the things that are made (us), even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Colossians 2:9
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead BODILY.
Comments by me. Genesis 1:1 is clearly understood. God Wills; Jesus (The Word) speaks; the Holy Spirit performs. "Time. Force. Action. Matter". Four things all scientists have tried to explain throughout time. Earth is the only planet that has water.
Christians have the mind of Christ. We're all enabled to see the Godhead at work; on earth and in our lives. How? The Holy Spirit indwells us in our born again spirits and teaches us the Word of God. Seek and you will find.
If we can just read the Bible and accept what is written in it; believe, apply to our lives; and like little children do: believe what God says about Himself. If you doubt or debate, you're in a ditch. Your faith is a shipwreck.
God is on the Throne. Jesus sits at the right hand of God, making intercession for The Saints of God. That's us. The Holy Spirit is present on Earth, PERFORMING what is in the mind of Jesus Christ.
How hard is that to understand? The Godhead works together every moment. A Bible ENCYCLOPEDIA shows all of the Holy Spirits names. There are many. Learn all of them. Praise and worship that He is at work in your life. Do not grieve or quench the Holy Spirit.