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Why is God portrayed so differently in the Old and New Testaments?

John 1:
17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

The God of the Old Testament seems to be a God of wrath while the God of the New Testament is a God of love.

There is some truth to that. The OT covered a period of thousands of years while the NT covered a period of only about a century. The way God dealt with people was different at different times with different covenants and different revelations.

Is the OT God different from the NT God?

No, there is only one God and they all point to the same God. Now we are not talking about his interactions with people. We are talking about his identity, character, and nature.

Malachi 3:
6 I the LORD do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.

James 1:
17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

Hebrews 13:
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Why does God seems to be portrayed so differently in the Old and New Testaments?

God dealt with his creation differently at different times but it is the same God. His nature does not change.

Florida family behind ‘church’ that sold bleach as a COVID cure goes to trial this week

The Genesis II Church of Health and Healing was operated out of a home in Bradenton in Manatee County. Through websites, social media, books and podcasts, the Grenon family promoted their “Miracle Mineral Solution” as a cure for 95% of the world’s known diseases, including HIV/AIDS, autism, Alzheimer’s, leukemia and COVID-19.

Prosecutors say the Grenons made over $1 million before federal authorities cracked down on them for distributing an unapproved and misbranded drug in 2020.

The family — Mark Grenon and his sons Jonathan Grenon, Joseph Grenon and Jordan Grenon — were arrested and charged after they continued to distribute and promote the substance and were openly defiant of court orders.

Officials have blamed the ingestion of MMS for several deaths, as well as severe illness and hospitalization.

In April 2020, federal authorities sent the Grenons a warning letter ordering them to stop sales of MMS.

“We can say cure, heal and treat as a Free Church,” Genesis allegedly said in a response letter. “There will be NO corrective actions on our part. ... You have no authority over us! ... Never going to happen.”

The Grenons’ open defiance of the court order ultimately led to criminal charges and a federal raid on the family’s Bradenton home, where federal investigators say they found loaded guns, nearly 10,000 pounds of sodium chlorite powder and thousands of bottles of MMS.


Religious Persecution!

What is the difference between the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God?

Matthew was the only one who used the term kingdom of heaven, Matthew 13:
11 He replied, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not."

The parallel account in Mark 4:
11 He said to them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables."

Another parallel account in Luke 8:
10 He said, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.

Both terms mean the same thing. Even in English today, some people say "good Heavens"; some say "good God". Macmillan:
good Heavens/Lord/God/grief/gracious
used for showing that you are very surprised, angry, or upset

Even within the gospel of Matthew, he used the terms interchangeably 19:
23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven! 19:24 Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.”

The terms kingdom of heaven and kingdom of God are interchangeable.

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Is there even an "..ism" known to Christians that's perfectly true?


Amilllennialism, Premillennialism, Post millennialism, Pre-Tribulationism, Post-Tribulationism, Preterism .. etc etc. All "..isms" negate scripture somehwere along the line, because the moment someone believes that (any) "..ism is perfectly true" ( instead of believing that only biblical scripture is perfectly true),

then he starts trying to ensure that the way all scripture MUST be interpreted, is so that it complies at all times with the "..ism" he believes in,

because in his mind all scripture MUST be upholding "..ism", since "..ism is perfectly true".

Almost every "..ist" does this without even realizing he's doing it, because he has stopped believing that biblical scripture is perfectly true, and every "..ism" a lie (because there isn't even one "..ism" that's perfectly true. Not one).

There are very few exceptions. Thankfully this board has at least one exception, one person who shows that he cares only about whether or not the scripture is teaching what the "..ism" is teaching.

Take "..ists (Premillennialists)" for example. Try and tell a Premillennialist that scripture does not paint the picture of a new heavens and new earth following only a thousand years AFTER the return of Christ, but a picture of a new heavens and new earth commencing immediately after the return of Christ. They won't have it. Why? It's because the "..ism (Premillennialism)" "is perfectly true", therefore all scripture MUST be teaching what Premillenialism teaches about it.

Amillennialists do the same, to an even greater extent (even more scriptures that don't paint an Amillenialist picture that need to be brought to comply with the "..ism", because the "..ism" "is perfectly true").

Almost all "..ists" do this, and it's because there is not one "..ism" that Christians have ever come up with that perfectly produces the one and only "..ism" that scripture produces, not one.

No one even knows what that one and only perfectly true "..ism" is that scripture produces, because Christianity and Christian theology has never produced it. Ever.
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Two aspects of the coming of Christ recorded in Matthew 24.

Note that the title says coming not comings. IOW, what I submit as A) and B) below, it is meaning the same coming, not different comings at different times.

A) Matthew 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.


B) Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.


Obviously, if there are two aspects of this coming, one is good the other is bad. Obviously, A) is good, B) is bad. Next we need to factor in Matthew 24:42-51 in relation to this coming.

Matthew 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Let's begin with verses 45-47. Obviously, aspect B) is not reserved for these, aspect A) is.

And finally, let's consider verses 48-51. Obviously, aspect A) is not reserved for these, aspect B) is.

And we see something similar in 1 Thessalonians 4 and 5. In chapter 4, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, that is obviously involving aspect A) above. Chapter 5 would then be involving aspects A) and B) above like such.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape(aspect B is reserved for these)

4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober(aspect A is reserved for these)

7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night(aspect B is reserved for these)

8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him(aspect A is reserved for these)


It's really this simple, therefore, any interpretation that conceals these truths rather than bring these truths to light, must be rejected, period. Fortunately, that is the case with many of us, that we reject any and all interpretations, whether it be Pretrib or Preterism, that conceal these truths rather than bring them to light as Christ and other authors in the NT, such as Paul per 1 Thessalonians 4 and 5, had intended.

Trump's Border Wall Misappropriated Defense Funds and Harmed Local Ecologies - Settlement Now Reached in multiple state AG lawsuit

After Trump border wall caused ecological damage, settlement is a win for wildlife, Bonta says

The settlement, finalized Monday in federal court for the Northern District of California, ended four lawsuits filed against the Trump administration by a coalition of attorneys general from 18 states, including California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta.

The lawsuits alleged the Trump administration misappropriated taxpayer funds earmarked for other purposes to pay for the construction of the southern border wall. According to the terms of the settlement, the money will now go to a variety of environmental remediation efforts and a handful of military construction projects.

[The majority of the money is slated to go back to military uses]: “With environmental mitigation projects coming online to protect our sensitive ecosystem along the U.S.-Mexico border and the confirmation of over $427 million in funding restored for military construction projects, today’s settlement ushers in a new beginning,” Bonta said in a statement.

They Still Flock to that Ancient Resort

resort
intransitive verb
1. To turn to or make use of a person, strategy, or course of action for help or as a means of achieving something.​
2. To go, especially customarily or frequently; repair.​
noun
1. A place frequented by people for relaxation or recreation.​

As bad as the report is, it is all too common to say it isn't present among brothers of the Christian faith, so, I will pass on request for examples. But if it is well under check with those you fellowship? , , to God be the glory!

One example I WOULD like to include is this for those who question that common potential and possible resistance,

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution [by resistance]. (2 Timothy 3:12)​

That is, if we heed the Apostle and call out those misguided in that ancient trait.

See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all. (1Thessalonians 5:15)​

Special counsel informs Trump he is target in probe of efforts to overturn 2020 election

Special counsel Jack Smith has informed former President Donald Trump by letter that he is a target in his investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News.
Trump also confirmed the development in a post on his Truth Social platform.
The letter, which sources said was transmitted to Trump's attorneys in recent days, indicates that yet another indictment of the former president could be imminent -- though it is not immediately clear what kind of charges he could ultimately face.
Yahoo News

Next on deck, the Fulton County AG.

What does "Whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will NOT be forgiven" mean?

Isn't that a bit harsh?

Let's check the context, Matthew 12:
22 Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, “Can this be the Son of David?” 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”
These Pharisees have hardened their hearts so much that they stubbornly attribute the work of the Holy Spirit to the evil spirit.

31Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
Stubbornly calling the Holy Spirit evil will not be forgiven.

32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
If a person keeps calling the Holy Spirit evil, he cannot be born of the Spirit. The Spirit will not dwell in him. He cannot be born again. It is self-condemning.

Mark 3:
28“Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, 29but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— 30for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
They stubbornly accuse the Holy Spirit in Jesus as unclean. Persisting in calling the Holy Spirit evil is a specific case of blasphemy against the Spirit.

See also What is the unforgivable sin?

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Couple Abandons Stillborn Says They Don't Know What to Do



I can't bring myself to believe people who say they know not what to do when confronted with such a scenario.

1. Call the police
2. Call the hospital/clinic
3. Call emergency services

People who won't get in touch with the authorities only have things to hide. If the death is really accidental or natural, there shouldn't be a need to hide. It may be painful to go through the interrogation but innocent people will pass it without incident.

Dark earth?

ESV, Genesis 1:
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2The earth was without form and void,
The dark earth was formless and empty. It was not made of baryonic molecules at this point.
and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
God created dark heavens and dark earth in the form of dark waters/matters. Photons have yet to exist:
3 And God said, “Let there be light [photons],” and there was light.
Visible photons were created. Physical space-time began. God could speak outside of time. God is not bounded by space-time.
4And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
This was not a 24-hour day as we know it today. The first day began with dark matter.
9And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
God turned the dark waters/matter earth into ordinary-matter earth. This is my speculation :)

The Deaconess Idea Redux

The much-anticipated Synod in the fall is to discuss the question of deaconesses. As is the case with so many other stupid ideas, the Protestants have been ahead of us for centuries on the issue.

Here we go again: the much-anticipated Synod in the fall is to discuss the question of deaconesses. As is the case with so many other stupid ideas, the Protestants have been ahead of us for centuries on the issue.

Two anecdotes illustrate my concern about this.

The first occurred when I was on a sabbatical in Providence, Rhode Island. I helped a Catholic campus minister who was working with Newman chaplaincies in a few public college venues. He knew an Episcopalian deaconess who also worked at a community college. I celebrated a Mass one day for a small group, and then the campus minister, the deaconess, and I had lunch together.

Continued below.
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Reversing Negative and Positive

Paul had just finished talking about those who were preaching to the Christians a gospel contrary to the one that the apostles preached, which was also contrary to the gospel that Jesus taught and lived. He said, “let him be accursed.” Why? Because he/they were teaching deliberate lies to the people in order to deceive them and to lead them astray. And so Paul was very concerned that at least some of these Christians were turning to this “different gospel” which was a distortion of the gospel of Christ.

Galatians 1:10-12 ESV

“For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ. For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.”

The implication here, it seems, is that those who were teaching this “different gospel” were those who were seeking the approval of man and not of God. They were those who were trying to please man. And one of the characteristic traits of those who are false prophets or false teachers is that they say what people’s itching ears want to hear, and they appease human flesh. So they distort the truth of the gospel so that humans will like them. And so they tell them “pleasant things” which make them feel good.

They say, “peace, peace, when there is no peace” (Jeremiah 6:14; Jeremiah 8:11; Ezekiel 13:10,16). And they contradict the messages of God’s true messengers and teachers and preachers. For they consider the messages of God’s true servants as “negative” while the messages of the false teachers are more “positive” and inviting. And this is a HUGE deception being promoted within the American church of day, big time!

I read this description at gotquestions.org, and it was good:

“Jeremiah was like a doctor delivering bad news to his patient. His diagnosis was that, unless drastic measures were taken, the patient would die. However, the false prophets gave a ‘second opinion.’ ‘Don’t listen to Jeremiah,’ they said; ‘you are going to be just fine.’ Instead of radical surgery and a drastic change of lifestyle, the priests and false prophets said a light bandage was all that was needed” (see Jeremiah 6:13-14; Jeremiah 8:10b-11). (1)

Wow! So appropriate to what is being done today! For, in trying to avoid the negative and to say only what is positive and inviting to the people, these false teachers are giving the people false assurances. Absolutely! So these false teachers do not deal with the rampant sin being overlooked within the gatherings of the church today. Instead, they pacify the people in their sins so that they don’t feel guilty for sinning against the Lord. And so they tell them to just “claim who you are in Christ,” even if it is a lie.

They speak only of the blessings and promises of God, even if biblically they don’t apply to the people at all. For all God’s promises have conditions which must be met for those promises to apply to our lives. And so these false teachers habitually lie to the people so that the people will feel good about themselves and so they will feel good about the false teachers. For they tell the people that God is not displeased with them when they habitually and deliberately sin against the Lord, and that makes them feel good.

So, Paul told Timothy to “preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.” 2 Timothy 4:2-4 ESV

And that time has indeed come, at least here in America it has. For many are “rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to listen to the Lord’s instruction” (Isaiah 30:9). So, they have closed their ears to the truth of the gospel which Jesus taught and which his NT apostles taught, and many are they who are following after these smooth-tongued false teachers of today who are telling them what they want to hear.

For the people are saying, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us smooth things,
prophesy illusions,
leave the way, turn aside from the path,
let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.” (Isaiah 30:10–11).

And this is exactly the message that is being widely accepted and promoted within the gatherings of today’s modern market-driven “churches” here in America. And I have heard this message a lot from various responders over the years and just from “Christians,” in general. And this comes out in memes on social media a lot, too. And so many people are buying into this and thus they are absolutely rejecting the truth of the gospel for these “feel-good” messages that so many of these false teachers are spreading today.

So, the “different gospel” that these false teachers were teaching was evidently a message that was more appealing to human flesh. And it got these false teachers approval of man, but not of God. For they were teaching a “man’s gospel” and not the gospel of Christ as Jesus and as his NT apostles taught it. And that is why Paul was assuring the people that he was not seeking the approval of man, but of God, and he was not trying to please man, but God, so he would be a true servant of God/Christ.

So, the message to us today is that we must follow suit. We must not be looking for messages and messengers which are going to tickle our itching ears and appease our human flesh and which are going to make us feel good about ourselves even if we are living in deliberate and habitual sin against the Lord. We should be seekers of truth and of righteousness and not seekers of “feel-good” messages only. For it is negative to lie to people and it is positive to tell people the truth. So they have it all backwards.

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897


Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

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(1) What does “peace, peace, when there is no peace” mean in Jeremiah 8:11? | GotQuestions.org

Can Christians Work for Income on the Sabbath Day?

Jesus' teaching on how to observe (or keep) the sabbath day seems pretty clear. He not only provided several examples of how Jews would often do good works on the day, cf. Mat 12:11; Lk 13:15-17; 14:5, but he also asked his hypocritical detractors straight out whether it was lawful to do good or do harm, or to save a life or to kill on the sabbath (Mk 3:4); or was it even lawful to heal on the sabbath (Lk 14:3). But even more than these things, and no doubt due to the hardness of their hearts, he stated plainly and unequivocally that it was lawful to do good on the day (Mat 12:12).

On the other hand, The Law and the Prophets just as plainly teach that conducting commerce on the sabbath (i.e. earning income) was strictly forbidden (Neh 10:31; 13:15-17; Jer 17:21, etc.).

So...since all this is true, it certainly appears that born again Christians in this New Covenant Gospel Age are totally forbidden to do any kind or work for income on the sabbath day (whether this be on the 7th or 8th day). Christians are locked out of numerous professions that would do good unto others such as medical, law enforcement, fire, telecommunications, transportation, utilities, etc.

Reformed Baptists, for example, conveniently ignore the OT passages cited above and declare that "emergency" or "first responder" kind of work is perfectly okay for Christians to engage in on the sabbath because they rely only on what Jesus taught. Yet, the Law is the Law! And the Law says that no income-earning work can be done on the sabbath! Moreover, Jesus never accepted any money for any of the good works he did on the sabbath -- or on any other day for that matter. So, the Reformed Baptist tend to play a wee bit loose and free with the sabbath, in spite of all their rhetoric about the sanctity of the Law of Moses today.

So, what sayest you, sabbath-keepers: Are Christians in this age forbidden to do any income-earning work on the sabbath?

This or That

Why didn’t the authors of the gospels use “that” generation instead of “this” generation, if Jesus didn’t mean the generation standing in front of him?

Matthew 24:34 Truly I tell you, this (αὕτη) generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.

Original Word: οὗτος, αὕτη, τοῦτο
Part of Speech: Demonstrative Pronoun
Transliteration: houtos, hauté, touto
Phonetic Spelling: (hoo'-tos)
Definition: this

Exodus 1:6 (LXX) And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that (ἐκεῖνος) generation.

Judges 2:10 (LXX) And also all that (ἐκεῖνος) generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there aroseanother generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.

Psalm 95:10 (LXX) Forty years long was I grieved with that ( ἐκεῖνος) generation, and said, It is a people that do errin their heart, and they have not known my ways:

Original Word: ἐκεῖνος, η, ο
Part of Speech: Demonstrative Pronoun
Transliteration: ekeinos
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-i'-nos)
Definition: that one (or neut. that thing), often intensified by the article preceding
Usage: that, that one there, yonder.
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FBI agent confirms IRS agents’ testimony on interference in Hunter Biden probe

A supervisory special agent at the FBI has confirmed a key element of IRS agents’ testimony that they were blocked from interviewing Hunter Biden as part of their investigation into his criminal activities, Republicans’ top investigator said Monday.

The agent, whose name was not divulged, said higher-ups at the FBI tipped off the Secret Service a day before the interview was to take place in December 2020. Word then came down to put off the interview, the agent said in testimony to the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.

“As a result of the change in plans, IRS and FBI criminal investigators never got to interview Hunter Biden as part of the investigation,” Rep. James Comer, Kentucky Republican and chairman of the committee, said in a summary of the testimony he released publicly.

Twitter declares ‘factual error’ in Biden tweet boasting about economy, wages

President Biden was fact-checked by Twitter once again on Monday for a claim he made about his economic policies increasing workers’ wages since the pandemic.

“Right now, real wages for the average American worker is” — sic — “higher than it was before the pandemic, with lower wage workers seeing the largest gains,” Mr. Biden wrote on Twitter. “That’s Bidenomics.”

Twitter Community Notes quickly attached a warning for readers that Mr. Biden’s “claim about real wages contains a factual error.”


Biden is posting disinformation on Twitter?!?

Where is his Ministry of Truth to save us?

Building Yourself Up In The Spirit

JUDE 1
:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
:23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.


Step One: Building yourself up DAILY

Acts 20:32 So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up
and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.


Colossians 2:
6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,
7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught,
abounding in it with thanksgiving.

Thoughts and suggestions for practicum if you please

A guest preacher once ministered by making the comparison of praying in the Spirit to the winter snow pack,
that keeps a supply of fresh water through the dry months. I find this still must be applied to a knowledge of
the Lord's Will for us individually and as a part of our fellowship.

Praying in the Spirit, as v. 20 indicates, is an act of faith.

How To Respond To People Who Hate God

I recently tried to witness to a man whom had childhood trauma and even speaking to him about the love of God put him into a rage. He further said to me to look at all of the evil in this world and what happens to innocent children and good people. I have never met a man so full of rage and hate for God before. He was ashamed for coming out of the closet unwillingly and being exposed, after trying to hide being gay for many years. He said God never helped him or any innocent and abused children. Evil in the world and unanswered prayers seems to be the main reason why people hate God

Trump and Allies Forge Plans to Increase Presidential Power in 2025

If he were to win....


Their plans to centralize more power in the Oval Office stretch far beyond the former president’s recent remarks that he would order a criminal investigation into his political rival, President Biden, signaling his intent to end the post-Watergate norm of Justice Department independence from White House political control......​
Mr. Trump intends to bring independent agencies — like the Federal Communications Commission, which makes and enforces rules for television and internet companies, and the Federal Trade Commission, which enforces various antitrust and other consumer protection rules against businesses — under direct presidential control.....​
He wants to revive the practice of “impounding” funds, refusing to spend money Congress has appropriated for programs a president doesn’t like — a tactic that lawmakers banned under President Richard Nixon.​
He intends to strip employment protections from tens of thousands of career civil servants, making it easier to replace them if they are deemed obstacles to his agenda. And he plans to scour the intelligence agencies, the State Department and the defense bureaucracies to remove officials he has vilified as “the sick political class that hates our country.....​
And for some veterans of Mr. Trump’s turbulent White House who came to question his fitness for leadership, the prospect of removing guardrails and centralizing even greater power over government directly in his hands sounded like a recipe for mayhem.​
“It would be chaotic,” said John F. Kelly, Mr. Trump’s second White House chief of staff. “It just simply would be chaotic, because he’d continually be trying to exceed his authority but the sycophants would go along with it. It would be a nonstop gunfight with the Congress and the courts.”......​
Personal power has always been a driving force for Mr. Trump. He often gestures toward it in a more simplistic manner, such as in 2019, when he declared to a cheering crowd, “I have an Article 2, where I have the right to do whatever I want as president.”​

How to start a dictatorship?

List of Totally and Partially Omitted Passages in the Modern Translations

These need to be referenced with a modern translation by comparing them with one another.


Totally Omitted Passages
Matthew 17:21
Matthew 18:11
Mat 23:14
Mark 7:16
Mark 9:44
Mark 9:46
Mark 11:26
Mark 15:28
Luke 23:17
Acts 24:7


List of omitted Bible phrases
3 Matthew 1:25
4 Matthew 5:22
5 Matthew 5:44
6 Matthew 6:4
7 Matthew 6:6
8 Matthew 6:13
9 Matthew 6:18
10 Matthew 9:13
11 Matthew 15:8
12 Matthew 15:6
13 Matthew 16:3
14 Matthew 16:20
15 Matthew 18:35
16 Matthew 19:9
17 Matthew 19:17
18 Matthew 20:7
19 Matthew 20:16
20 Matthew 20:22, 23
21 Matthew 21:12
22 Matthew 22:13
23 Matthew 23:4
24 Matthew 23:8
25 Matthew 23:19
26 Matthew 24:7
27 Matthew 25:13
28 Matthew 26:28
29 Matthew 26:60
30 Matthew 27:24
31 Matthew 27:35
32 Matthew 27:64
33 Matthew 28:2
34 Matthew 28:6
35 Matthew 28:9
36 Mark 1:2
37 Mark 1:14
38 Mark 1:31
39 Mark 3:15
40 Mark 4:24
41 Mark 5:36
42 Mark 6:33
43 Mark 6:11
44 Mark 6:51
45 Mark 7:8
46 Mark 8:26
47 Mark 9:23
48 Mark 9:29
49 Mark 9:45
50 Mark 9:49
51 Mark 10:21
52 Mark 10:24
53 Mark 11:10
54 Mark 12:23
55 Mark 12:29-30
56 Mark 12:33
57 Mark 13:8
58 Mark 13:33
59 Mark 13:14
60 Mark 14:22
61 Mark 14:27
62 Mark 14:68
63 Mark 14:70
64 Luke 1:28
65 Luke 2:33
66 Luke 2:40
67 Luke 2:43
68 Luke 4:8
69 Luke 4:4
70 Luke 4:18
71 Luke 4:41
72 Luke 5:38
73 Luke 6:10
74 Luke 7:31
75 Luke 8:43
76 Luke 8:48
77 Luke 8:54
78 Luke 9:10
79 Luke 9:54
80 Luke 9:55
81 Luke 9:56
82 Luke 9:57
83 Luke 10:19
84 Luke 11:2
85 Luke 11:11
86 Luke 11:29
87 Luke 11:44
88 Luke 11:54
89 Luke 12:31
90 Luke 12:39
91 Luke 17:3
92 Luke 17:9
93 Luke 18:24
94 Luke 19:45
95 Luke 20:13
96 Luke 20:30
97 Luke 20:33
98 Luke 21:4
99 Luke 22:31
100 Luke 22:64
101 Luke 22:68
102 Luke 23:23
103 Luke 23:38
104 Luke 23:42
105 Luke 24:1
106 Luke 24:42
107 Luke 24:49
108 Luke 24:53
109 John 1:14
110 John 1:18
111 John 1:27
112 John 3:13
113 John 3:15
114 John 3:16
115 John 4:42
116 John 5:16
117 John 6:11
118 John 6:47
119 John 8:9
120 John 8:59
121 John 9:35
122 John 11:41
123 John 12:1
124 John 16:16
125 John 17:12
126 John 19:16
127 John 20:29
128 Acts 2:30
129 Acts 2:31
130 Acts 3:11
131 Acts 3:26
132 Acts 7:30
133 Acts 7:37
134 Acts 9:5,6
135 Acts 10:6
136 Acts 9:29
137 Acts 10:21
138 Acts 10:30
139 Acts 15:18
140 Acts 15:24
141 Acts 15:37
142 Acts 16:31
143 Acts 17:5
144 Acts 18:17
145 Acts 18:21
146 Acts 20:15
147 Acts 20:24
148 Acts 20:25
149 Acts 20:32
150 Acts 21:8
151 Acts 21:22
152 Acts 21:25
153 Acts 22:9
154 Acts 23:9
155 Acts 24:6
156 Acts 24:8
157 Acts 24:15
158 Acts 24:26
159 Acts 25:16
160 Acts 26:30
161 Acts 28:16
162 Romans 1:16
163 Romans 8:1
164 Romans 9:28
165 Romans 10:15
166 Romans 11:6
167 Romans 13:9
168 Romans 14:6
169 Romans 14:21
170 Romans 15:29
171 1 Corinthians 2:4
172 1 Corinthians 4:6
173 1 Corinthians 6:20
174 1 Corinthians 7:29
175 1 Corinthians 10:28
176 1 Corinthians 11:24
177 1 Corinthians 11:29
178 1 Corinthians 15:47
179 1 Corinthians 16:22-23
180 2 Corinthians 4:4
181 2 Corinthians 4:10
182 Galatians 3:1
183 Galatians 4:7
184 Galatians 5:21
185 Galatians 6:15
186 Ephesians 3:9
187 Ephesians 3:14
188 Ephesians 5:30
189 Ephesians 6:10
190 Philippians 3:16
191 Colossians 1:2
192 Colossians 1:14
193 Colossians 2:2
194 Colossians 2:18
195 Colossians 3:6
196 1 Thessalonians 1:1
197 1 Thessalonians 5:27
198 2 Thessalonians 1:8
199 1 Timothy 3:16
200 1 Timothy 4:12
201 1 Timothy 5:16
202 1 Timothy 6:5
203 2 Timothy 1:11
204 2 Timothy 2:9
205 2 Timothy 4:22
206 Philemon 1:12
207 Titus 1:4
208 Hebrews 1:3
209 Hebrews 2:7
210 Hebrews 7:21
211 Hebrews 10:9
212 Hebrews 10:30
213 Hebrews 10:34
214 Hebrews 11:11
215 Hebrews 11:37
216 Hebrews 12:20
217 1 Peter 1:22
218 1 Peter 4:1
219 1 Peter 4:14
220 1 Peter 5:5
221 1 Peter 5:10-11
222 2 Peter 1:21
223 2 Peter 2:17
224 2 Peter 3:10
225 1 John 1:7
226 1 John 2:7
227 1 John 4:3
228 1 John 4:9
229 1 John 4:19
230 1 John 5:7,8
231 1 John 5:13
232 2 John 1:9
233 Jude 1:25
234 Revelation 1:8
235 Revelation 1:11
236 Revelation 1:20
237 Revelation 2:13
238 Revelation 2:15
239 Revelation 5:14
240 Revelation 6:1,3,5,7
241 Revelation 11:17
242 Revelation 12:12
243 Revelation 12:17
244 Revelation 14:5
245 Revelation 15:2
246 Revelation 16:17
247 Revelation 18:20
248 Revelation 20:9
249 Revelation 20:12
250 Revelation 21:24
251 Revelation 22:19

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