-
Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.
-
If you are wanting to disable the holiday styling, you can do so here.
Many early Christians thought that the Kingdom of God might actually be realized in their time, in the here and now, in a sense looking for the same worldly king/saviour that the Jews had expected. Paul was the best example of who was sure it would be any day, which led many to believe he was a...
Isn't it interesting that today the golden rule, based on Jesus' second commandment and half the gospel He said we were to spread (the other half being put God's will first), is either outright denied or limited to one's own splintered divisive tribe, self-defining who gets to be their...
The heart, first and foremost, is directly linked to the instincts of the body, regardless of species. This heart looks out for number one as a means of survival, common to all species. The human heart however, is a hybrid using the body as a vehicle for the spirit of God. This is where the...
Although we at some point come to understand the wisdom of God is greater than our own and we align ourselves with Him, being half tamed/half feral, we still seek our own wisdom at times. It is human nature and our life is a struggle to overcome the self serving instincts of our bodily vehicle...
We were told to act in servitude to God and each other, not live our lives looking out for number one and what can be gained at the expense of others. That applies not only in home life but all the way up to global rule. One need only turn on their tv or smart phone to see the world does not...
We are born with both good and evil, two necessary components as all is made up of opposing forces. We went out of balance when we acquired the knowledge of said good and evil, at which time we also chose to self determine what actions we would label with each in order to self justify our deeds...
What Jesus started was a movement, not a religion, and movements kind of lead themselves once they get going. Human institutions such as religions require leaders but this movement was not human, but the good news of the Kingdom of God which was itself a counter-culture to the ways of humans...
God has said ever since the Garden, not to put our will ahead of His. We are too selfish to control using our own will. Jesus did what was required of Him, but He also said He came to share the good news of the Kingdom (as are we commanded) and to do His part in bringing it about. That good news...
If church means a gathering or assembly, then it need not mean a government or institution which is the traditional way of man, and a form the religion has taken until today. It was meant originally to represent the Kingdom, and Jesus said it would be built only on truth from the Father, not...
Jesus' ONLY gospel was the Gospel of the Kingdom, which essentially boils down to nothing more than putting the will of the Father before our own (as He did). Our will is corrupt as it is based on selfishness, as the original sin of Eve then Adam showed. All evils in this world come as a result...
I heard a pastor a while back while accompanying a friend I was visiting, who rambled on incessantly about forgiveness, skimming the surface as clergy do and talking about should (n't), never once touching on the deeper meaning of why; in this case that we are all one in our sin of self interest...
Man is never content enough to just do as we are told by God, but driven to analyse why and who is this guy anyway. It puts us back in the drivers seat and we've stolen the vehicle, taken a detour and made Him over in our own image. Stick to caring for each other as commanded while He takes care...
Jesus opened the door to something previously unavailable, life after death... not open to all, but only to those repentant of the self serving ways of mankind. God will stamp out any adversarial spirits, elohim or human alike, that have chosen not to switch allegiance. Most, unfortunately have...
People like to seek ways to have scripture suit their own ideas, in effect redefining good and evil to suit their own purposes and opinions, utilizing the forbidden knowledge for our own purposes as we have always done.
It says what it says and needs no middlemen or interpretation. Jesus' two...
Sin is nothing more than putting our will ahead of God's will. In doing so we put the focus on self and all of its faces such as self interest, self servitude, selfishness etc. When Eve (and Adam) put their will ahead of the will of God, they committed the original sin. What made it worse was...
Where there is a will... it is usually our way. God said that His church would be based on only truth from the Father, and not from mankind. No middlemen needed adding their truths or creating more theology and promoting their denominations as if it was a team sport. God's truth, not anybody...
Before leaping to conclusions about salvation, one needs to focus on the fact Jesus' only Gospel and teachings were on the Kingdom, as not only plainly stated in 70+ scriptures but alluded to in all of His teachings, parables. His actions (which 'saved' us) revolved around the same. His message...
Money is but a tool. It can be used to promote self and self interest calling itself prosperity, but it's main function is to trap us in the adversarial system which mankind has created in rebellion to the Kingdom of God. There is irony in the fact that, although the poor may feel oppressed by...
This is why theologians, pulpit folks, Bible scholars and translators virtually rarely understand the Scriptures. This is why the organized Church is “teaching for doctrines the Commandments of men.” That is why Jesus said, “They draw near me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me"...