The strange doctrines we hear from others is nothing more than 'tripe of grandeur' that's been handed down from other reprobates. Still, I'm amused to death.
I have love and kindness for Christians, but for deceivers and charlatans or false accusers of the brethren, not so much. I understand that you're offended by the truth because the truth is often offensive to those who are offended by the truth. You wrote, "Esteem others, better than yourself." I'll be happy to comply with that when you explain to me how Jesus had esteemed the Pharisees and Scribes better than Himself when he called them hypocrites, serpents, and children of the Devil. While you're at it, please explain how Paul had esteemed Hymenaeus and Alexander better than himself when he handed them over to Satan so that they may learn not to blaspheme.
The promises to the body of Christ are heavenly, the promises to the bride of Christ, i.e., lost sheep of the house of Israel are earthly. To be a nation of kings and priests is promised is to the Jews, not to the Gentiles. You're right that we walk by faith and not by sight.
You're right. In the company choir, they always put me between tenors, and alto's; because I sing harmony. I call myself the frog lol. It works, but I don't understand it. I just love Christmas songs.
We are all sinners.God loves all of us! We are all brothers and sisters in Christ!
1 John 4:20
"If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?"
Romans 12:10
"Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;"
King David said the Lord was forever on his right hand! I hope He is forever on yours! If He is not , how could you be a king? Is this not what you are determined to be . A king? There are many who come and go . Hopefully when you leave, you will have learned something! We walk by faith, not by sight!
If you intended to write something spiritually enlightening and edifying, let me assure you that you didn't. When I need a guru, I'll join an ashram. Although you have a different gospel from the apostle Paul, you are right that our redemption draws nigh. If you ever do rightly divide the word of truth, you will come to understand that repentance and baptism were Kingdom Gospel requirements for the Jews, and that they are not requirements for Gentiles whose salvation is by grace through faith, plus NOTHING else. The problem that's pervasive among self-identified Christians is that most of them won't study God's written word, and of the few who actually do, they fail to rightly divide it.
Do you realize that when you accuse a person of judging others that you have become guilty of judging because you are judging the person whom you are accusing of judging others? I don't judge people's motives, but I do judge between right and wrong doctrine. "Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. ... Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees." Matthew 16:6,12 Many self-identified Christians misinterpret what Jesus said about judging and tell others that they should never judge. However when you read the verses in context, it's clear that Jesus meant hypocritical judging, which is why He said the person judging needs to clean up his own life before he is fit to judge others. In John 7:24, Jesus said to stop judging by appearances, and to make righteous judgments regarding God's laws instead. If we don't use Scripture to make judgments in matters of biblical doctrine and righteous living, then we will do whatever we think is right in our own eyes, which will lead to a reprobate mind.
One thing more, I am not your brother. If I were, you would have accepted the teachings and the truths I've shared in the Spirit that they were offered.
A true witness of the grace of the Lord Jesus, will speak from their heart. It is what comes out of a man that defiles him. Not unlike a great scientist, his proof, is in his studies and experiments. If we strive to read and understand the eternal word of God, we will be blessed! The experiment comes when we become a witness of those things of God. When the soul the spirit has led you too, will be ready to hear what the spirit has to say! Not our will be done, but His! Even after our confrontation and proclamation, that soul may be saved along with others .
The things of God are past finding out! Even so ,we should try and know Him as He is! Growing in the Lord is a constant place for a true Christian. A Place that is the narrow way, once in that way, you may be surprised how He fast tracks those who love Him! This is the place Paul speaks of when He says now leaving the doctrines of Christ. "Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God," Little places like these are the steps that are in the way. Watch and pray. Our redemption draws nigh! Repent and be baptized in the name of the Father ,the Son, the Holy spirit!
You stated: " The problem I've encountered with most self-identified Christians on this site is they may read the Scripture, but they do not study it, and the few who do study it, don't rightly divide it."
Aren't you making a broad brush stroke of judgment on some people here that you really don't even know? You don't know who studies, how they study, and how long they have studied the Bible etc. etc.
A very important scripture:
Matthew 7:1
"Judge not, that ye be not judged."
You seem to me, to fancy yourself as a biblical Expert and Teacher. If so, I will share a few additional scripture that may help you along the way. Jesus and Moses were two of the greatest people who ever lived. Both were chosen by God to be distributors/teachers of His law.
Surely we should seek to be like these men.
Numbers 12:3
"(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)"
Matthew 11:29
"Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls."
Lastly, I've only been on this site for a short time, but as far as I know, this is a Bible discussion site available to all people wishing to discuss Bible topics and to communicate and pray along with fellow Christians. There will be many disagreements regarding Bible interpretation, but most people here, including myself hope to increase our knowledge, and grow closer to God.
I pray that the scripture that I've shared with you will be helpful in some way to you.
IMKane My bible says in 2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for DOCTRINE for reproof for correction for instruction in righteousness. In His Service
When Christians with renewed minds study the Scripture and rightly divide it, they will learn things. And the more things they learn, the more they know. The problem I've encountered with most self-identified Christians on this site is they may read the Scripture, but they do not study it, and the few who do study it, don't rightly divide it. The Scripture is for reproof and correction in righteousness. As I see it, the self-identified Christian commenters on this site reject reproof and refuse correction. Scripture says a wise man accepts correction and is grateful when he receives it because he cares about truth. Maybe the reason you think that you don't know more than others is that you really don't know more than others. You know a fool can appear wise if he keeps his mouth shut. The problem for fools is they don't know that, so they open their mouths and remove all doubt. I began commenting on this site because I am compelled to share the truths that the Lord Jesus Christ has taught in the Scripture over the past 50 years. Although these truths are for everybody, they are not to everybody. They are to God's elect. "For many are called, but few are chosen." Matthew 22:14 KJV
Acts 12:1-4 says that King Herod killed James and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he had Peter arrested. Acts 12:3 says that Herod took Peter DURING the DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD intending to bring him forth to the people AFTER Easter.
According to the Old Testament, the DAY OF PASSOVER started the FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD. "In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread." ( Leviticus 23:5,6) The Day Of Passover began in the evening on the 14th day of the first month, and the Feast Of Unleavened Bread began on the 15th day of the same month.
Scripture is clear: the days of unleavened bread follow the Passover. "And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD. And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten." Numbers 28:16-17
Acts 12:3 says that Peter was arrested and imprisoned DURING the "days of unleavened bread", which means that the day of Passover had ALREADY occurred.
"Easter" could not have been Passover, because Passover always occurs BEFORE the days of unleavened bread. The Scripture says that the Passover had come and gone. Acts 12:4 says that Herod was "intending after Easter to bring him [Peter] forth to the people." According to Acts 12:1-4, Passover had occurred, but Easter had not yet occurred. Herod was waiting until after Easter had occurred to bring Peter forth to people.
Acts 12:1-4 clearly says that Herod had arrested and killed James during the Feast Of Unleavened Bread, which meant that the Passover had occurred. We know that James was taken and killed by Herod during the days of unleavened bread, and that Herod was planning to kill Peter after Easter, which had not come yet. Bottom line: the KJV translators got it right. Easter's correct, Passover's a mistranslation in ALL modern Bible versions.
IMkane The love you gave as an example in 2 Samuel in regards to Amnon and tamar was human love which uncontrolled can go into lust which has nothing to do with agape or agapeo which is the Love of God. First usage is in the Gospels then you have phileo which means to be a friend, so if you want to twist this to suit your idea enjoy. Loving some one in the mind and human heart is human love i.e. phileo, friend, marriage. Loving with the love of God Agapeo is spiritual cannot be done unless born again. In His Service
IMKane This is an example of different meaning from concordance A .understanding B. to make wise C skill D reason or discretion E Heart F Craftiness subtilty G to become intelligent H meaning these all apply to different context and your telling me what difference does it make. We understand each other God bless
IMKane I read your response very educational, which tells me that men like E.W. bullinger wasted their time and all the translators of the king james bible wasted there time when they added punctuation chapters and verses to the original text also the bible is an eastern book so knowing customs and language doesn't help in understanding a statement like a camel going through the eye of a needle, or what is a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes mean in the east. So if none of that helps someone understand scripture better we understand each other. In His Service
Easter ,.. a pagan holiday of fertility,.. the word Easter in Acts , should actually be Passover , for in that time , they went by the solar calendar,.. on that first day of the spring equinox, they would count 15 days , then the 3 following days were the passova, then counted 7 sets of 50 days to make a calendar year , the first 50 after Passover was for Pentecost, then of course the next was September 29 th for the feast of tabernacles,.. they met 3 times a year,.. they didn't have Bibles , they would read from the scrolls,.. funny ? How now we go by moons ? So sorry, we as children of God , cannot even keep the sacred days right, an of course, there are many new versions of the KJB , an most , have been altered by certain people, to confuse people,.. hmmmm , wonder who's behind that. ?
Why don't you do some research into the KJV translators? If you're fair minded, and your research is thorough, you'll walk back the statement, "the kjv translators did a decent job in translation." God used those 47 men to preserve His written word. Superlatives can't really describe the job that those men did. Preservation and inspiration are inextricably linked. Without preservation the Bible is little more than pseudepigrapha, apocrypha, or other sacred writings. "The writing of the Word of God by inspiration is no greater miracle than the miracle of its preservation." Jasper James Ray
Hi Fred I disagree with the statement its impossible to know where to be and what to do, if you walk by the spirit, God can tell you where to Go what to do and how to do it, if your meek and humble enough, then you see deliverance His way. Psalms 103:7 He made his ways known unto Moses his acts known unto the children of Israel. A friend of mine backed my car up one day and hit a mint condition old cadillac with my car you could hear the crunch we were both sitting in my car.
He went back and saw the damage. At that time I wasn't well off financially so I told Him get in the car. he got in I sat there and thanked god for there to be no damage to the vehicles I heard its o.k. told the guy we're leaving he said what are we going to do about he damage I said it was fixed he called me a liar. He got out of the car went back to see came back and ask what just happened I told Him I prayed and God took care of it.
Dropped him off he thought he lost His mind I assured him he didn't if you believe God according to His Word He Works. He didn't believe nothing new In His Service
The same applies to all of Jesus's believers; and those in this room every day.
Romans 13: 8-11
We are all sinners.God loves all of us! We are all brothers and sisters in Christ!
1 John 4:20
"If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?"
Romans 12:10
"Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;"
I love you, and I will pray for you my brother.
God Bless
Guess where I learned that? From this comment Room! Esteem others, better than yourself.
One thing more, I am not your brother. If I were, you would have accepted the teachings and the truths I've shared in the Spirit that they were offered.
The things of God are past finding out! Even so ,we should try and know Him as He is! Growing in the Lord is a constant place for a true Christian. A Place that is the narrow way, once in that way, you may be surprised how He fast tracks those who love Him! This is the place Paul speaks of when He says now leaving the doctrines of Christ. "Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God," Little places like these are the steps that are in the way. Watch and pray. Our redemption draws nigh! Repent and be baptized in the name of the Father ,the Son, the Holy spirit!
You stated: " The problem I've encountered with most self-identified Christians on this site is they may read the Scripture, but they do not study it, and the few who do study it, don't rightly divide it."
Aren't you making a broad brush stroke of judgment on some people here that you really don't even know? You don't know who studies, how they study, and how long they have studied the Bible etc. etc.
A very important scripture:
Matthew 7:1
"Judge not, that ye be not judged."
You seem to me, to fancy yourself as a biblical Expert and Teacher. If so, I will share a few additional scripture that may help you along the way. Jesus and Moses were two of the greatest people who ever lived. Both were chosen by God to be distributors/teachers of His law.
Surely we should seek to be like these men.
Numbers 12:3
"(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)"
Matthew 11:29
"Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls."
Lastly, I've only been on this site for a short time, but as far as I know, this is a Bible discussion site available to all people wishing to discuss Bible topics and to communicate and pray along with fellow Christians. There will be many disagreements regarding Bible interpretation, but most people here, including myself hope to increase our knowledge, and grow closer to God.
I pray that the scripture that I've shared with you will be helpful in some way to you.
God Bless.
Romans 1:22
"Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,"
God Bless.
According to the Old Testament, the DAY OF PASSOVER started the FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD. "In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread." ( Leviticus 23:5,6) The Day Of Passover began in the evening on the 14th day of the first month, and the Feast Of Unleavened Bread began on the 15th day of the same month.
Scripture is clear: the days of unleavened bread follow the Passover. "And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD. And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten." Numbers 28:16-17
Acts 12:3 says that Peter was arrested and imprisoned DURING the "days of unleavened bread", which means that the day of Passover had ALREADY occurred.
"Easter" could not have been Passover, because Passover always occurs BEFORE the days of unleavened bread. The Scripture says that the Passover had come and gone. Acts 12:4 says that Herod was "intending after Easter to bring him [Peter] forth to the people." According to Acts 12:1-4, Passover had occurred, but Easter had not yet occurred. Herod was waiting until after Easter had occurred to bring Peter forth to people.
Acts 12:1-4 clearly says that Herod had arrested and killed James during the Feast Of Unleavened Bread, which meant that the Passover had occurred. We know that James was taken and killed by Herod during the days of unleavened bread, and that Herod was planning to kill Peter after Easter, which had not come yet. Bottom line: the KJV translators got it right. Easter's correct, Passover's a mistranslation in ALL modern Bible versions.
He went back and saw the damage. At that time I wasn't well off financially so I told Him get in the car. he got in I sat there and thanked god for there to be no damage to the vehicles I heard its o.k. told the guy we're leaving he said what are we going to do about he damage I said it was fixed he called me a liar. He got out of the car went back to see came back and ask what just happened I told Him I prayed and God took care of it.
Dropped him off he thought he lost His mind I assured him he didn't if you believe God according to His Word He Works. He didn't believe nothing new In His Service