Why did God command that Israel not eat blood?

Was it because the author of the commandment thought that eating or drinking blood was kind of disgusting?
Was it because people often get sick from drinking or eating blood?
Was it because, "the life of the flesh is in the blood", as the scripture says?
And if the latter is the main reason, then why blood instead of brains, for example, because modern medical books suggest that the person's personality, maybe his soul, is in the brain? Is blood special, and if it is then why is it special?

timewerx said:

Anyway, it doesn't make sense either that no harm will come to USA. The citizens no longer heed the Word of God. When Israel is acting in disobedience against the Lord, the Lord sends them destruction. The only reason God would spare USA is that Gentiles are exempt from punishment when they're acting in disobedience against God. However, the USA as a nation is drowning in massive debt. USA may no longer be a sovereign nation in reality and now owned by somebody else (who definitely isn't the Lord with the country's values being taken apart).

If USA has provided for your needs, don't fear your needs will no longer be provided for if USA falls into chaos or even if the world economy collapses.

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I'm sorry to say that this is not Christ like. Whatever happened to this nation it was God's wisdom to expose all kinds of devils in this world.

I didn't say no harm will come but in a moment God is going to turn everything upside down. It's how God works.

The days are coming again when all nations will be humbled and no one will dare say anything against USA and Israel.

Please don't ever talk to me like this about a nation who has fathered many nations and peoples.

I know many of it's own citizens are cursing it and seeking to escape from there when it is in need of help.

I agree there are deep issues within but if we as God's people are not helping them then we are in no position to talk about it.

I'm not concerned about my own needs. I'm concerned about the needs of USA as someone who love this country and born of it's spirit.

Whatever little I can do for this nation, i'm going to do it. I will remain loyal inspite of their unfaithfulness and rejection.

It only takes one righteous Esther to reverse everything and I will lay down my life to put God's Spirit back in the roots of this nation.

Kindly do not say anything if you have nothing to encourage me on this journey to help this nation. Your calling is different than mine.

The Lord God is The Shepherd of this nation and it will ever be a city on a hill to which all nations will stream to.

"In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains". Isaiah 2.

Shalom.

Basically, small time Dem candidate in Texas got a certain amount of hype and buzz by playing the victim of racism....and it turned out he was behind the racist statements and attacks against himself online.

While simultaneously pathetic and hilarious, I get it. It's like being one of these rappers who was never in a gang, never arrested, and did time. He's running as a victim of the evil racist right...but was never a victim of the evil racist right. Like Smollett...he fabricated his victimhood for personal gain.

At the same time one wonders just how quickly racism in the US might die down if the left ran on issues and not grievances and victimhood.

Thoughts?

New data shows that Democrats' longtime advantage with Black, Latino and Asian American voters has shrunk to its lowest point in more than 60 years — creating a massive vulnerability for President Biden and congressional Democrats.
Why it matters: One of the most loyal parts of the Democratic coalition is suddenly in danger. Black and Hispanic men could vote Republican in numbers not seen since President Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected in the 1950s.

The big picture: Latinos, the nation's largest non-white group, still lean Democratic. But they've been shifting Republican over the last two decades, and are no longer the slam-dunk Democrats they were in 1960 when JFK ran for president.

By the numbers: Democrats' advantage among Black, Latino and Asian voters is at its lowest since 1960, Financial Times columnist and chief data reporter John Burn-Murdoch found by analyzing a massive set of polling data.

Trump’s Spiritual Adviser Quasi-Confesses to Molesting 12-Year-Old Girl

The pastor of one of the country’s largest churches—and who Donald Trump once named as a spiritual adviser—has admitted to “inappropriate sexual behavior” with a woman who says he sexually abused her when she was just 12 years old.


Published Jun. 16, 2024 11:13AM EDT

Jonathan Ernst/Reuters​

On Friday, Cindy Clemishire told The Wartburg Watch, a religious watchdog blog, that Robert Morris, the pastor of Texas’ Gateway Church, asked her to come into his room when he stayed with her family for Christmas in 1982. She was 12 and he was 20 at the time. She said Morris molested her and then ordered her not to say anything about his behavior “because it will ruin everything.” The abuse continued for years before Clemishire confided in a close friend, prompting Morris’ wife to find out and Morris to step down from the ministry, according to the report.

Maybe Trump got a little too much advice from this pastor?

Researchers have discovered an ancient military base that may corroborate a Bible story about God's angels fending off an attack on Jerusalem. The Angel of the Lord is then said to have descended on the invading military and killed 185,000 soldiers in a single night. There has not been any archaeological evidence that the supernatural event - or even the battle - actually happened. Now, using modern mapping techniques, archaeologist Stephen Compton claims he has found more evidence the epic battle took place.

And some questions
1. Can they come back even if they really wanted to?
2. Did they have the Holy Spirit to even begin with?

If E = mc2 then we can divide and conclude that...

Mass (m) = Energy (E/c2) --- Making this eternal stuff

And there are three varieties...

Natural E/c2 - All mass is basically cooled plasma --- And bang! Back to plasma!
Mental E/c2 - Mentally, A mathematical formula, and a mind to study these things
Spiritual E/c2 - E (motivation, warmth, love) / c2 (faith, hope, charity, joy)

There could have been trillions of big bangs throughout eternity for all we know. I believe the big bang as we know it was in response to heavenly activities instigated by an angel we know as Lucifer, whose name means, "light-bearer" - shining one, morning star, Lucifer - hêylêl, hay-lale'; from Strongs H1984 (in the sense of brightness); the morning-star:—Lucifer.

It appears that Lucifer was once a created being of beauty, intelligence, and power. Having developed an incredible self image he thought to exalt his thrown to even greater heights...

12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. - Isaiah 14

As far as the timing I believe that the fall of Lucifer taking a third of the angels with him instigated the big bang...

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. - Genesis 1
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. - Revelation 12:3-4

I believe Lucifer knew all along that there was one who would take his place, Jesus Christ our Lord. And that he was preparing an assembly would would rule in his stead. There was an event afterwards in which I would call "The Big Bang" in which mass turned to plasma energy and spread out from a point of origin. What we would measure as trillions of years could have passed until God placed the planet earth into such an orbit that he could call the light day and the darkness night, making the first day of creation. The timing between the big bang and the first day may seem very long. But in eternal measurements very quick.

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. - 2 Peter 3:8

As far as the ending I would think that Isaac Newton was closest to the truth.... From a folio cataloged as Yahuda MS 7.3g, f. 13v:

"So then the time times & half a time are 42 months or 1260 days or three years & an half, reckoning twelve months to a year & 30 days to a month as was done in the Calendar of the primitive year. And the days of short lived Beasts being put for the years of lived kingdoms, the period of 1260 days, if dated from the complete conquest of the three kings A.C. 800, will end A.C. 2060." - Isaac Newton

With a thousand years of peace predicted we will have yet another big bang afterwards in which the mass will return to plasma energy in which God will do something else with it.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. - 2 Peter 3:10

If you find that whenever you try to pray, all you want to say to God is, "Your will be done," do you think that's a good thing or a bad thing?

Who said the only two kinds of people in the world are those who say this to God and those to whom God says it? Shouldn't there be some people in both sets?

I am surprised no thread on this yet. It is quite popular and engaging though. It is based on the Gospel but also has fictional material to provide context.
I am enjoying it. The actor playing Jesus seems effective. I think it has helped me appreciate the Jewish situation and the threat Jesus presented, forcing leaders to pick a side.

Fr. Longenecker​

For Those Who Are Angry With the Church…​

On social media I seem to get an increasing number of links to blog posts, X-Twitter posts, articles and memes that rant and rage about the failures of Christians and the failure of the church. It could be hatchet jobs on famous Christians showing how they were secret Nazis, anti-Semites, white supremacists, homo or trans phobes, secret homosexuals, masturbators, misogynists, cat haters, alcoholics, teetotalers, people who once cut down a tree or hated their mother or loved their mother too much, frigid, sex obsessed, emotionally frozen and sexual abusers…

You get the idea. Christians–and especially white Christian men–are blamed for being, well, human.

Now I get it. There are a large number of people who have been wounded by their experience of the church. They’ve been ostracized by narrow minded, hypocritical Christians. They’ve been scandalized by the ignorance, incompetence, hypocrisy and stupidity of clergy. They’ve been angry at what seems deliberate obscurantism, legalism and judgmental attitudes. They’ve been angry at the corruption, sexual abuse, cover up and injustice shown by church leaders. They’ve been hurt by the greedy, fraudulent, scamming preachers. They’ve been disappointed by the hardness of heart, lack of compassion for the poor and the self serving church people and leaders.

So they not only leave the church, they go on a long, weary tirade and campaign against the church and Christians in general. I get that too. If one is wounded deeply, then it hurts and when one hurts, one howls in pain. I get all that.

What I don’t get is how immature and blinkered this is. Are grown up people really so lacking in both self awareness and realism about human nature and the way of the world? I can remember at the age of twelve I overheard my fundamentalist pastor engaged in a rip roaring, screaming match with the music director. “This church isn’t big enough for the two of us!” etc. etc.

Continued below.

Matthew 1:
21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus,
for He will save His people from their sins.”
22 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by the Lord through the prophet, saying:
23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son,
and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

I was informed by one with advanced theological training
and a graduate seminar in Christology this statement:
"Christ is one Person, fully God and fully man
from the moment of His conception on Earth and into Heaven".

To accept this, I have to ignore what is known concerning
what He left behind to become a man.

John 17:5 And now You, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself,
with the glory which I had with You before the world existed.

Only Peter, James, and John were allowed to see the fullness
of the glory of the Son of God, where they also heard the testimony
of The Father concerning His Son.

2 Peter 1:17 For He received from God the Father honor and glory
when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory:
“This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

At conception? Then what of the crucifixion,
the resurrection, the ascension?

Romans 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power,
according to the spirit of holiness,
by the resurrection from the dead.

This same source goes on to say:
"The one person of the enfleshed Word was perfected on the Cross".
Because of sin, the son of man had to be glorified at the cross,
to perfect obedience.

The Son of God insured that Christ would remain without sin by His Incarnation.
Only the Son of God, manifested in the man Christ Jesus could make this statement:

John 8:28 Then Jesus said to them, when you lift up the Son of Man,
then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself;
but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things.

29 And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone,
for I always do those things that please Him.

The son of man had to be glorified at the cross, to perfect our Messiah as the man Jesus.

Hebrews 5:
8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience
by the things which He suffered.
9 And having been perfected, He became the author
of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,

The obedience of the son of man was perfected at the cross.
John 12:23 But Jesus answered them, saying, the hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified.

John 13:31 So, when he had gone out, Jesus said,
Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.

At His Ascension, the Son returned to His Excellent Glory.

2 Corinthians 3:
7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious,
so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses
because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away,
8 how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?
9 For if the ministry of condemnation had glory,
the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
10 For even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect,
because of the glory that excels.

Is He now fully God and fully man? He has no blood, so there is no life
of man in Him, He is a glorified, ascended man, and the giver of eternal life.

1 Corinthians 15:54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption,
and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying
that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

We are born again by the same incorruptible seed of the incarnation.

1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed,
but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides forever.

Christ could not send the Spirit that endues with power until after the Ascension,
when the fullness of His Glory was restored.

John 7: 39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those
believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given,
because Jesus was not yet glorified.

The Son of God and son of man were separated by sin and had to be restored to One.
This did not occur simply at His conception, He had to remain without sin to be the
acceptable sacrifice which reconciled man to God. For the life was in the blood
but is now forever in the Son.

Colossians 1:
19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things
on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.

I hope everyone got a chance to see Trump speaking to the people while Joe was hobnobbing with Hollywood stars.

GOP-controlled committee thwarting distribution of $125m budgeted by legislature until polluter immunity approved

Wisconsin Republicans are withholding $125m designated for cleanup of widespread PFAS contamination in drinking water and have said they will only release the funds in exchange for immunity for polluters.

“People really feel like they’re being held hostage,” said Lee Donahue, mayor of Campbell, which is part of the La Crosse metropolitan area and has drinking water contaminated with astronomical levels of PFAS. “It’s ridiculous, and some would argue that it’s criminal, that they are withholding money from communities in dire need of clean drinking water.”

[Sorry, citizens, the WI GOP has to look out for its core constituency.]

PFAS are a class of chemicals used across dozens of industries to make products water-, stain- and heat-resistant. They are called “forever chemicals” because they don’t naturally break down, and they persist in the environment and accumulate in humans’ and animals’ bodies. The compounds are linked to cancer, decreased immunity, thyroid problems, birth defects, kidney disease, liver problems and a range of other serious illnesses.

Philemon
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers,
5 hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus
and toward all the saints,
6 that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment
of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
7 For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints
have been refreshed by you, brother.

"sharing of your faith"=[G2842] koinonia
fellowship, association, community, communion, joint participation

Acts 2:42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship,
in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ?
The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of
the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

koinonia > [G2844] koinonos Strong's Greek Lexicon (KJV)
a partner, associate, comrade, companion, partaker

2 Peter 1:4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises,
that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped
the corruption in the world through lust.

Philemon 1:17 If you count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.

Romans 1:
11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift,
so that you may be established—
12 that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by the mutual faith,
both of yours and mine.

I have a Linksys router from over ten years ago that I am thinking of using when I sign up for home internet. Should I buy a new router because of security concerns? The older Linksys router required an ethernet cable connection and a CD rom drive for installing, neither of which my laptop has, but I can get an external CD rom drive and Ethernet to USB connector. However the Linksys setup was complicated and I had to chat online with Linksys to set it up properly in the past. It has been reset so I would need to set it up again. There is a good deal on Spectrum internet now, so I may want to get the router that is less complicated to set up so I can make sure it is working when the Spectrum installation person comes to my location. Best Buy told me that the newer routers can download all the installation files over the Internet, I think without an installation CD, but I have to ask about this. I don’t have a need for a really great router since I live at an apartment and don’t need to cover a large area or distance and I will be the only person using it. My main purposes are basic web-browsing on a laptop, email, and YouTube streaming, etc. Also if I get a new router which brand would you recommend?

I'm gonna be off here for awhile as I am going back to the place in the woods. I am unable to sign in from my phone, as it's the evil T - Mobile and it claims the log in page is not secure. It blocks me from a lot of stuff. Can't even look at Facebook!
This is the same evil system that put ads for lewd pictures in the middle of written sermons.
I do not know how long it will be till I get a wireless laptop, which is the way I hope to go. Landlines are outrageous where I'm going, like $140 a month!
I also need to transfer over to Patriot Mobile when I get a PO box. I'm done with satanic TRANS Mobile.
I got a lot of work to do!

Introduction to the Seven Letters in Revelation

This is the first of seven letters that Jesus Christ sent to seven specific church congregations in seven different cities. Since the book of Revelation is regarding the times of the end, and it is intended for us, the body of Christ, and so much of it is written in symbols and in metaphorical language, it is believed that these seven churches either represent the church down through the generations, ending with Laodicea, which represents the church in this present age, and/or that all of them represent the church at any given time and in any given location throughout church history, as they apply.

So, as we go through this study of the seven churches, I pray that each one of us will pay close attention to the wording and that we will examine our own hearts and lives to see where we are in the scheme of things and where the Lord may be pointing to things in our own lives which need to change.

Now, in four of the seven letters, Jesus had both something positive and something negative to say about these church congregations, each of which were most likely the collective body of Christ in each city and thus they probably did not all meet together in the same exact locations. In two of the letters he spoke positively to the churches, and in only one did he have nothing good to say, but all was negative, and that is the church of Laodicea which many believe represents the church in our generation today. And I concur that it does represent the majority of what is called “church” today.


So, the church in Ephesus collectively represented the body of Christ who were dedicated to opposing all that was evil and to testing those who call themselves apostles but who were not apostles. Today this could include prophets, preachers, teachers, pastors, and evangelists, i.e. any who call themselves servants of the Lord and ministers of the gospel, who we are to test. And the church in Ephesus were those who were enduring patiently and bearing up for his name’s sake, and they had not grown weary. So they were committed to the truth of the gospel and to refuting the lies of the enemy, it appears.

But they had abandoned their first love. Either they had abandoned Christ himself or the love they had for him at first. So, what does that mean in this context? It would mean that Christ was no longer first place in their lives. He was not #1. He was not the one that they went to for everything. So, although what they were doing were good things, yet perhaps now they were doing them more in their flesh or as a matter of religious practice, but that they were not solely depending on the Lord Jesus to empower and to guide them in where to go and in what they were to do and to say.

And that is possible to do, to get into routines and then to just follow those routines without really inquiring of or depending on the Lord for what we are to do and to say, and for where and when we are to go here or there. In other words, it is possible for us to go ahead of God and assume that we should do such and such, because we believe it is the right thing to do, when that might not be what he wants us to do at that time or with those specific people. And so we need his guidance and direction. We need him to lead us specifically in what to write/say, and to whom and when and where, etc.

So, the Lord is saying to any of us who might be operating out of habit, rather than as being led by the Holy Spirit, that we need to repent, to turn away from doing that, to back up, and to take time to inquire of the Lord and to see what he wants us to do instead of us just assuming what is right or wrong when it may not be his timing or what he wants at all. And so if we go without his direction, it could end up backfiring and blowing up in our faces. For it is not the Lord we are serving if we are going it alone without letting him lead us in where to go, in what to say, and in what to do.

And he may then remove us from the ministry to which he has called us because our ministry depends on him leading us and him empowering us and him opening and closing doors for us. So, we must be his servants who let him lead us, and who then follow him in obedience in doing what he says.

But the Lord still commended them for hating the works of false preachers and teachers and doctrines and philosophies and teachings. And we do need to be people who discern the lies from the truth and who are speaking the truth and not the lies, and who are exposing the fruitless deeds of darkness for what they are. For this is what we have all been called to do. And we all need to be listening to the Lord, to what he wants to teach us, and then we must conquer all that is contrary to his will by following him in obedience. And then we have the promise and the hope of eternal life with God.

[Matt 7:21-23; Matt 24:9-14; Lu 9:23-26; Rom 1:18-32; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14,24; Rom 12:1-2; Rom 13:11; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; 1 Co 1:18; 1 Co 15:1-2; 2 Tim 1:8-9; Heb 9:28; 1 Pet 1:5; Gal 5:16-21; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:5-17; 1 Pet 2:24; Tit 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-9; 1 Jn 2:3-6,24-25; 1 Jn 3:4-10; Heb 3:6,14-15; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15]

Beautiful Lamb

“Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29

By Gary Miller

Beautiful Lamb of God, guiltless and pure as snow,
Gentle and merciful, beautiful Lamb of God.
Sent from the Father’s love,
Sent from the throne above,
Sent to redeem us with His blood.

Beautiful Lamb of God, guiltless and pure as snow,
Gentle and merciful, beautiful Lamb of God.
Behold the Lamb of God
Suff’ring great pain for us,
And by His wounds we all are healed.

Beautiful Lamb of God, guiltless and pure as snow,
Gentle and merciful, beautiful Lamb of God.
Like sheep we’ve gone astray,
Each turn to his own way,
But Jesus will take our sins away.

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Not all of us can celebrate
The fathers that we had on earth,
For some of us had fathers grim,
From the first day our moms gave birth.

Our lives with “Dad,” oh, they were sad,
We feared him much when he got mad.
We never knew when he’d lash out,
So we were scared, without a doubt.

But then we learned of Jesus’ love,
And of our Father up above,
And of the love they have for us,
And that brought comfort, we felt loved.

And so in absence of the man,
Who was my father, flesh in hand,
My Father God did take his place,
He is the Dad I celebrate.

Father’s Day in America
An Original Work / June 16, 2024

This is not an attack on the church. I was attacking the church in my Christian infancy, when I had no understanding of my own state of being.

One attack that I remember, were against fat monks in Orthodox monasteries. Not only were they fat, but one in particular was seeking medical treatment for sickness probably resulting from his obesity. So I was thinking, if this is the church of God, what kind of joke is this.

I understand that everyone has their struggle, and maybe some people will think that my struggles are petty and rediculous, but I personally will never understand the struggle of fat people. Even more so, I am amazed how a person who has dedicated their life to the scripture, and surrounded by brothers who have done the same, still haven't gotten to term with the BASICS.

But then this might sound like I am singleing out fat people in the church. Which of course I do not.

Another equally disturbing fact, if not even more disturbing, is how the church is split today. If we believe in the POWER, why don't we recognize the POWER and join ourselves to it? But everyone has recognized that the church is fallen, that's why we have 40,000 denominations, because everyone thinks that they have the right interpretation, but they are equally as fallen as the rest. To add insult to injury, they preach 'prosperity'. How can anyone prosper, when the church is fallen, and you yourself in a state of mortal sin? This is sheer delusion.

The church should be clothed in sackloth, not 'prosperity'. To me these people look like deluded buffoons, not like someone 'prosperous'.

The message of Christ is a reneval of heart, and freedom from sin, is it not so? Then how can someone in a state of sin, preach the gospel? Is he not denying the power by this act alone, and preaching another gospel? A gospel of the flesh, and not of the Spirit?

Having your sin covered, and being free from sin, are two completely different things! Was the message of Christ to live in sin and prosperity, while he suffers of the cross? How does it even enter a persons mind, to live in prosperity, when not even his "brothers" and "sisters" see the truth, not to speak of "the lost"?

Why do people even come with such gross statements as, "he took the punishment for our sin", to unbelievers who do not know God? How can they know what sin is? Again, with 40,000 denominations, everyone teaching a different gospel, with themselves as the authority, not even the church knows what sin is!

Therefore, the only testimony I bear is AGAINST MYSELF, until the day that God delivers me.

Rethinking primacy in an ecumenical sense - Vatican News

There is an attempt to soften the papacy. Perhaps this document is being prepared as a basis for participation in the joint celebration of Easter in Nicaea in 2025.

Question: Is Pope Francis softening the papacy?

Stage 1 - watch the very short video
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Stage 2 - Now you have realized how corrupt the MSM is and how they brain washed you.

Stage 3 - Strange thoughts will come into your mind , don't panic this is normal , you will feel a compulsion to look up things like operation mockingbird etc.

Stage 4 - You begin to feel angry , you feel dirty and violated and want to unbrainwash yourself as soon as possible. The best way to do this is to simply refuse to watch any MSM news any more , and seek your news elsewhere.
Please do not go to extreme measures as some have done , like buying these types of products. But if you do then please seek medical advise before using such products.



Stage 5 - SIDE EFFECTS. Side effects may include warm fuzzy feelings towards Donald Trump , don't panic this is all part of the process , some have even gone as far as saying they are going to vote for him , once again , don't panic , not everybody has these side effects.

Stage 6 - Time has gone by and you are now fully unbrainwashed , you now see the world in a completely different way.

Stage 7 - This is the final stage , you feel the need to help others , so you begin to warn them and help them see things in a different light , but they turn on you and call you a conspiracy theorist.

Well there ya go folks , the program has succeeded , you are now a fully fledged conspiracy theorist , welcome to the club.....

Good morning,
So blessed on this day to already know that although my earthly father did his best and abandoned me that this only brought me to the one father that I ever needed so very blessed prayers for him and all other fathers on this day, absent fathers, fathers doing their best (its a tough job this earthy parenting thing) I pray blessings over you all.I feel suddenly I have somewhere along with church to connect to like minded (hearted people).

Hello folks. Today will be a devotional on entropy, which is the scientific theory about why stuff breaks down, and is described in scripture.

It begins with the eyes. What you see & what your mind thinks after you see it. If you're a guy you might relate to this. You leave the house to go somewhere. An attractive woman walks by & you don't stare but you notice. Now your mind is on that image. The next one walks by & you look a little longer & that image stays in your mind longer. If you keep looking you'll feel like you started a fire you can't put out. Same with the internet. Images pop up to get your attention & you're tempted to find more. Ok how to stop it? Look away. See a pretty girl? Look away. Until it's a natural habit. Keep looking away. It puts out the fire. No lust. You stop thinking about it & now your mind is free to let you be at peace & do fun things, productive & useful things. Some say our minds are wired for sex but this is our on/off switch. And prayer! Pray for God to help you look away until it's no longer a struggle. Looking away becomes as easy as breathing. That spirit/flesh fight becomes a MUCH easier struggle.