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We Must Face Some Hard Facts about The Ecclesia, and The Church at Large.

In Christian churches all over the globe, we have a mixture.

All of the attendants claim to be believers, but only a tiny few are really His flock, truly born again.

The only pure church we have seen was at the very start of the church in the book of Acts.

Satan's attack, was indeed, this mixture. For the mixture, was like adding leaven, for the TWO CAN NOT fellowship (which is a Spiritual dynamic, not just physical) with one another, and neither does God move in the same kind of power with this mixture present.

Yet one more time on this earth, Jesus will make His church (Ecclesia) pure. This imho will be like a Goshen event were THEY are separated and gathered together, in one place, and there may be many of these places across the planet.

The reason cloning will never work or living forever

Hitler did try, he wanted certain species to be revived. But, the problem is that DNA is just the body, and when a soul is gone, the species is gone for good too. The soul is created differently from the start, not from DNA, transferred from being to being. Therefore, it will never be possible to clone completely, or to revive extinct species. And then it is also impossible to live forever, since the soul ages. The normal way of thinking is that the body ages, but that applies mostly to people who are part of society, who hold on to things mentally. A normal person will look the same all his life, with a body of normal function, but people in society will have a body that ages then, unpleasant death also since the body gives in first. It is an old wisdom actually that the body is not from DNA but is passed on from life to life, it's just the time we live in now where the cynical decide what others will think, but they never manage to figure out how to live forever even , they just go in their own thoughts, and try to make others think the same

Prayer for salvation

Good day, I'm asking for prayer for the salvation of the people of Tranz Homos DZ, Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya, Bisi Alimi Foundation, Intersex South Africa, Shams, Sexual Minorities Uganda, Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-sexuals, and Gays, Accord Alliance, ACT UP, Advocates for Informed Choice,Affirmation: LGBTQ Mormons, Families & Friends, Against Equality, American Foundation for Equal Rights, American Veterans for Equal Rights and Aromantic-spectrum Union for Recognition, Education, and Advocacy and their families. Thank you for all your prayer.

Free of Voodoo witchcraft bindings

I don't care if no one believes me, i don't want to displease God by not giving testimony.

I suffered spiritual attacks for years after being attacked by witchcraft, i was weak in the faith, and ignoring a lot of this could exist, and i was scared and very naive, and i absorbed all those attacks, i'm still in the process of being free totally.

The soul has a layer of protection i describe it as 'spiritual rubber', so witches do these voodoo rituals
and if you for some reason are weak in the faith, or ignorant and don't defend yourself with the weapons God has given us.
You could end in trouble, this voodoo binds this natural spiritual protection, and your soul gets almost naked to spiritual harassment.
It passed years of suffering, but today after coming from church, God freed me of those.
When you have this spiritual protection healthy is like being under a good roof from the rain, you don't notice the rain, but if you are exposed you feel all kind of spiritual annoyances.
This sound like some horror stuff, and it is, is horrible.

I think the closer you get to God, the more devils you are going to see, if not for the spiritual discernment He gives you, is going to be because of attacks they are going to try. In my case i could not defend myself properly for being in a bad place, it doesn't need to be this way however.
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Pope Francis: “Ukraine must have the courage to raise the white flag and negotiate”

This was tweeted by our correspondent Colm Flynn about 40mins ago.

Pope Francis: “Ukraine must have the courage to raise the white flag and negotiate”... In an interview with Swiss television the Pope said: "You are ashamed, but with how many deaths will it end? Negotiate in time, look for some country to act as a mediator... Don't be ashamed to negotiate before things get worse."


Methinks this won’t go over well…
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Ex-South Carolina church youth volunteer pleads guilty to felony child sex crimes. Gets no prison time.

A former South Carolina church youth volunteer will avoid prison but must register as a sex offender and wear a GPS ankle monitor for life after admitting to illegally touching children in crimes that spanned years, according to York County court records and lawyers in the case.

William Pinckney Carpenter III, 64, of Chester, pleaded guilty Wednesday to four felony counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a child in a hearing at the Moss Justice Center in York for crimes that went from 2011 to 2021, documents show.

The crimes happened when Carpenter was a church volunteer at two Baptist churches in Rock Hill and York, at a private home, and aboard a bus during a church activity, Shelton said.

[Only two months left in #notadragqueen]
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Texas salon owner sent to jail for defying COVID lockdown orders wins TX House GOP primary: ‘God is good’

In 2020, Shelley Luther made national headlines after she was arrested for criminal contempt of court and sentenced to a week in jail after reopening her hair salon in Dallas despite Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s stay-at-home order.

Luther served at least a day in prison, although she was released early, and Abbott eventually changed his orders so that no one else could be imprisoned for violating those orders.

[She then went into politics and lost a 2020 race for state senate. Then in 2022, she lost to incumbent Texas House Rep Reggie Smith. And now the rematch.]

This time, she defeated Smith by more than 2,000 votes and will now face Democratic candidate Tiffany Drake in the general election.

Despite toeing the party line on border security, abortion and the Second Amendment, Smith may have run afoul of his voters when he voted to impeach fellow Republican and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last May.

Paxton was later acquitted by the state Senate, and many state lawmakers who tried to oust him were themselves ousted in this year’s primary election.

[As Paxton and his allies have prosecuted an intraparty loyalty purge.]

ETA: speaking of purges

The Texas GOP purge and other below-the-radar Super Tuesday nuggets

As the Republican Party continues to shape its identity in the Trump era, the events in Texas shouldn’t escape notice.

Tuesday featured a very successful purge of moderate and insufficiently MAGA Republicans that could reverberate well beyond the state’s borders.

The basics: Both Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) targeted a number of incumbent Republicans who had run afoul of them — Abbott for opposing his school voucher plan, and Paxton for supporting his impeachment and watering down his authority.

  • Of 10 state House GOP incumbents Abbott targeted, only twowon renomination on Tuesday. Five lost, and three others were pushed into runoffs.
  • Paxton was less successful in the state legislature; of the 35House GOP incumbents he targeted, most won. But seven lost, and eight others were pushed into runoffs — including, most notably, state House Speaker Dade Phelan (R), who led the failed impeachment charge.
  • Paxton also successfully targeted all three Republican judges on the state Court of Criminal Appeals who were up for reelection — two of whom lost by landslide margins. The trio had voted in an 8-1 majority to strip him of power to prosecute voter fraud without the approval of local prosecutors.

Why Reformed theology is the closest Protestant theology to the Bible.

Reformed Theology is considered highly accurate because it interprets the Bible as a whole, from Genesis to Revelation, rather than focusing on individual verses. This comprehensive approach helps address complex questions about God's identity, actions, love, the number of people saved, and our purpose on Earth, aligning as closely as humanly possible to the original biblical scriptures.

Examples of Reformed concepts would be Predestination, Total Depravity, God's sovereignty over all areas of life, God's omnipotent nature and more. All of these theological concepts are taken from the oldest and most accurate mauscripts of the Bible.

However, understanding Reformed Theology involves studying the Bible in its original languages—Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic—as they were used when the texts were written and as they have been copied down over the centuries by the Jews and Christians of history. This is essential because all English translations inevitably contain inaccuracies due to the evolution of these languages over millennia. Thus, while English Bibles are valuable, they should be approached with caution, and greater emphasis should be placed on the interpretations offered by theologians who have studied the original manuscripts.

Over the past 500 years, Reformed Theology has gained widespread acceptance among Protestants for its scripturally rooted doctrines. Its rigorous and sometimes challenging perspectives remind us of the gap between our sinful human desires and the teachings of the scriptures.

Other Protestant theological concepts that have existed over the years like Arminianism usually are not very accurate to the Bible because they're generally "proven" by a single verse or a small group of verses rather than taking scripture as a whole.

Faith does not void the law

Romans 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. NKJV



All the law does is give people the knowledge of sin. In other words, the law says, if you do “this” it is a sin.



Romans 5:13 (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. NKJV



All the law does is define sin. Even without the law people died. What law were the people under who that died from Adam to Moses?



Genesis 4:2 Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord. 4 Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering, 5 but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell. 6 So the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it." 8 Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. NKJV



The commandments had not been given. None of the law of Moses, written laws or laws of any kind had been given. All that had happened at the time of Cain and Abel was, through Adam, man had gained knowledge of good and evil. Yet, Cain was envious and committed murder. Therefore, Cain knew the 7th and 10th commandments. When sin was defined sin revived and Cain sinned.



The entire world fell into sin when Adam gained knowledge of good and evil. They started to die at that time. The thing that Adam knew was, when he got the knowledge of good and evil he would surely die. Therefore everyone, when they get the knowledge of good and evil, has the knowledge of sin and because we are slaves to sin, we sin. When we have knowledge of good and evil it revives the sin within us and we die.



Does that mean that Cain was judged for his sin of breaking the 7th and 10th commandment. If he was then God lied because Romans 5:13 states that sin is not imputed where there is no law? Cain was not under the law, all he had was the knowledge of of good and evil.



Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. NKJV



God passed over the sins Cain committed. He did not impute the sin of breaking the 10 commandments to Cain. We must look at verses Genesis 4: 3-7 to determine what Cain did wrong. Verse 3 Cain brought an offering of his work. His work, as well as our work, will not get us justification.



Compare Cain's offering to Abel's offering. Verse 4 Abel brought the firstborn of his sheep. Abel brought the best of his flock. Abel's offering proved that he believed God. Abel's offering was accepted because his offering was the offering God required.



Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law. NKJV



The law required animal blood offerings for sins. As shown by Cain and Abel God required a blood offering prior to the law.



Hebrews 10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. NKJV



The offerings required, under the law, did not take away sins, it provided a temporary covering for sin. When the people made the offering for their sins it proved they had faith in God's word. Therefore, the law did not remove a person's sins. It was the faith the people had in God's word that justified a person under the law.




Romans 3:21 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God NKJV




Faith does not void the law. The law and the prophets provided witness to righteousness through faith in Jesus. Justification by faith confirms the testimony of the law and prophets. Faith justified under the law and continues to justify under grace.

Being tested by The Holy Spirit (?)

Long story short: I am, slowly but surely , dying. My body is getting weaker and weaker each day, I started to sleep a TON .... I'm diagnosed with something which triggers cancer in early to mid 30s , and I am in early 30s now so ..... Basically - illness is a death sentence and nothing I can do about it ... So I am cool with this from long time ago. :D Everybody dies anyway so ... xD

Anyway ... few weeks ago I was searching for some stuff on YouTube, and video bumped into my recommendation with title something along the lines - " The Holy Spirit test when you leave Earth , and you can't skip it . ". Something along those lines ...

So I wanna know , what does Bible or your belief say about this matter ?

I am dying ... and I know someone will wait for me after my spirit leaves body .... But how can I prepare for " test " , cause I assume death is not " straight forward thing " , sure there is some like .... " trap " there. xD

So ... any thoughts? Thanks. <3
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Should every leader of the church have a masters degree or higher?

In the PCA denomination, to be a Pastor requires a master of divinity or higher. Ensuring smooth operation and prevention of common issues. Roles such as elders, deacons, and treasurers do not necessarily require to have a master's degree in Divinity or equivalent, The question posed is whether all Christian denominations should adopt this standard. The argument for universal adoption includes:

  1. Educated clergy are less likely to misinterpret scripture or provide misguided advice, as understanding ancient languages and biblical interpretation typically requires formal education.
  2. Clergy without an education tend to have a low view of Scripture and they'll either twist the word of God or they'll declare it or church attendance unimportant when both are essential to the Christian faith. This can happen even from people with an education as well but it's much, much easier for this to happen in an uneducated clergy member than an educated one.
  3. A uneducated clergy member can take advantage of its congregation and can abuse the authority given to them by God. Generally clergy who have an education tend to take God's word more seriously and will take their duty to educate, help and lead the flock of God. It takes an education in theology and pastorship to learn how to lead the flock of God and to help people come to Christ and to learn the importance of church worship.
  4. It generally takes an education to understand the word of God and biblical interpretation should be left to the theologians and Clergy who know and understand what the word of God says.
  5. (Biased opinion) A Pastor without an education is like a hunter without a gun. They are unequipped to handle everything that being the leader of a church entails and they tend to be as John MCarthur puts it, "unqualified".

    The suggestion is that these reasons validate the need for educational requirements across all Christian denominations to maintain high standards of leadership and guidance within the church.

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Futurist Only Dan 7 4th Beast Kingdom

Psalm 132

11 The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne. 12 If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”​
17 There I will make a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed. 18 His enemies I will clothe with shame, but on him his crown will shine.”​

‘Horn’ means descendant. ‘Branch’ means descendant. ‘Jesse’ is the father of David, thus we have a descendant of David in Isaiah 11 below just as in Psalm 132:17 above. ‘Horn’ means ‘Branch’.

Isaiah 11:1 Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.​
10 On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious. 11 On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.​
12 He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth. 13 Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim. 14 They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.

This ‘Branch’, this ‘horn’, takes over 3 countries: Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites. In the Psalm 83 coalition, there are 10 countries (the sons of Lot are Moab and Ammon).

Psalm 83:5 For they conspire with one accord; against you they make a covenant— 6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, 7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8 Asshur (Assyria) also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah​

What happens when the horn gathers the exiles? He confirms the covenant.

Ezekiel 37:24 “My servant David shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. 25 They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children’s children shall dwell there forever, and David my servant shall be their prince forever. 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.​

That is why Revelation is based on Daniel 9:26b and 9:27

Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.​
It is these events in Daniel 9:26b, that are also described in Trumpets 1-6 (until Revelation 9:21), that cause Israel and Judah to become scattered and thus 'go into the wilderness' and are 'gathered' (not 'raptured'). Then the covenant is confirmed.
27 And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”​

What is the Daniel 7 4th Beast kingdom?

It is the remnant of Israel gathered under the Daniel 7 Little Horn (who is Tyre and Mystery Babylon) after the Assyrian has attacked Israel and then Judah (during the 5 months of the 5th Trumpet plus the month of the 6th Trumpet war occurring in Revelation 9:13-21). This ‘remnant of Israel’ is the ‘woman in the wilderness for 1260 days (Rev 12:6). Why is the woman in the wilderness? Jerusalem has been attacked (Matt 24:15-16’s ‘when you see the abomination of desolation, let those in Judea flee’). ‘She’ flees into the wilderness as seen here in Micah 4:10:

Micah 4:10 Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!
  • The 4th Beast has ‘great iron teeth’ – so does the remnant of Israel (Isa 41:15).
  • The 4th Beast goes around crushing and breaking into pieces the world – so does the daughter of Zion that has gone into the wilderness (Micah 4:10-13).
  • The 4th Beast is ruled by a little horn – so is the daughter of Zion (Micah 4:13 & Micah 5:2).
  • The 4th Beast has ‘bronze hooves’ – so does the daughter of Zion (Micah 4:13). (The word for ‘hooves’ in Daniel 7:19 is ‘tephar’ which can mean ‘nail, claw, or hoof’.) This idea of Ephraim having ‘hooves’ is repeated in Hosea 10:11 Ephraim was a trained calf that loved to thresh, and I spared her fair neck; but I will put Ephraim to the yoke; Judah must plow; Jacob must harrow for himself.
  • the Daniel 7 Little Horn plucks up 3 out of 10 horns - Edom, Moab, and Ammon of the Psalm 83 coalition

  • 'Lucifer' is the 'king of Babylon' (where the woman went to!) and is the 'wicked Branch' (Isaiah 14:4-19). The 'woman' is given the 'wings of an eagle' - the Daniel 7 Lion (representing Babylon) has his eagle wings ripped off and given to the woman.

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The saints are given into the Daniel 7 Little Horn’s hands for a ‘time, times, half a time’ (Dan 7:25) (the first half of the covenant that is confirmed), after which the 4th Beast is burned by fire (Dan 7:11).

Dan 7:11 “I looked then because of the sound of the great words that the horn was speaking. And as I looked, the beast was killed, and its body destroyed and given over to be burned with fire. 12 As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.

This is when the ‘harlot of Babylon is burned by fire’ in Revelation 17 (at the 7th Trumpet when the covenant is broken):

12 And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they hand over their power and authority to the beast. 14 They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”​

15 And the angel said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. 16 And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire,

When the 4th Beast kingdom is burned with fire, then the remaining 3 beasts (the Leopard, Bear, Lion, the same beasts mentioned in Revelation 13:2) are given an extension for a ‘season and a time’ (Dan 7:12). This ‘season and a time’ is the shortened version of Rev 13:5’s extension for 42 months. This is part of the meaning of Jesus saying in Matt 24:22 that the ‘great tribulation would be shortened’. It is shortened from 42 months to a ‘season and a time’.

Matt 24:22 If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.​

When the ten kings in Revelation 17:12 are given their kingships, this is when the Revelation 13:1 beast from the sea is given 10 crowns:

Rev 13:1 Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.​
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Lara trump; Co-chair of the RNC

Trump ally Michael Whatley and daughter-in-law Lara Trump take over at RNC

I would wander what kind of political savvy she brings to the table and what would be the motivation to choose someone so unqualified.

And then I noticed the last name and I have a feeling this isn't really a "merit hire".

Remember how America should strive to be a meritocracy cause AA is bad? And Hunter Biden is somehow benefiting from nepotism.

Is this a bothersome, wiley, cunning, or predictably Trump move for the RNC? Does it strengthen the party?

Saved by Grace doesn't mean our works don't matter. Ephesian's over all context screams this.

The following text in Ephesians is to often ripped out of context to imply it doesn't matter what we do because we are saved by grace.

Eph 2:8.9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.



Ephesians 2, verse 10. It says we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus, for good works, which God had before ordain that we should walk in. The fact that verse 10 starts with the word “for” Lets us know what is about to be said is the reason for what was just said. So the reason why It is not of works that we do is because we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for the good works that God preordained that we should walk in. That we should be holy and without fault before Him in love. Eph. 1:4
Ephesians 4:24, says in context to us, being his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, that we are to put on the new man which, after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Then in context to us being his workmanship, and putting on the new man created in Christ Jesus, in righteousness and true holiness verse 25 in chapter 4 starts with the word wherefore. This shows us that there is a contingency or condition in respect to us, having put on the new man which, according to God, was created in righteousness and true holiness. It says for us to put off speaking falsehood. And that we are to speak truth with our neighbor, because we are one with one another. That when angry, we are not to sin and let the sun go down on our wrath. Giving no place for the devil. Then in verse 29 in relation to the quote above, it says, let no corrupt communication come out of our mouth. But only that which is good and edifying in respect to other people’s needs.
Then continuing, and in the same context, chapter 5 starts with be therefore imitators of God, and walk in love. Not letting fornication,uncleanness and covetousness be named among us but be as saints. For this, we know that no fornicator or unclean person or cuffs, who is an idolator has any inheritance in the kingdom of God and his Christ.
Be not deceived. Because of these things comes the wrath of God. Because they are disobedient. BE not partakers with them.

The Abundant Love I Have for You

“For I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you. For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all. For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.” (2 Corinthians 2:1-4 ESV)

When we share the truth of the gospel, and when we refute the lies of the enemy, not everyone is going to thank us for that, not even all who profess faith in Jesus Christ. Many people will ignore us or will refute what we are teaching, for they have been taught a different gospel from what we are teaching. And they have been taught a different God, a different Jesus from the one we profess. And they have accepted a different “church” from the one we proclaim, too.

For they have been taught a God/Jesus Christ who does everything for them and who requires nothing of them, or else they will make his requirements optional as though they are mere suggestions or recommendations, but not requirements (commands). For I hear so many say, “This is how we are supposed to live, but of course, none of us live like that,” or something to that effect, as though that is okay to know the will of God for our lives and to refuse to do the will of God, if just by ignoring it.

But so many are teaching today that faith in Jesus Christ requires nothing of us, no works at all, no obedience to the Lord’s commands, and no forsaking of our sins. For again they claim that Jesus does it all and we are not required to do anything other than to “believe,” which is rarely biblically defined. For they forget that belief is persuasion of God and that it is gifted to us by God and that it is not of our own doing – not of the will nor of the flesh of man. So we don’t get to define belief. God does. His word does.

[Hebrews 12:1-2; Ephesians 2:8-10; John 1:12-13; John 6:44]

So how does what I am saying here fit with the passage of Scripture quoted? In every way! For Paul was a teacher and a preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ. And he taught the people the requirements of God, and he rebuked and corrected and disciplined those who refused to submit to God’s requirements and who chose to go their own path, instead. And that caused the people pain and suffering, because some truth is painful to receive. It does not make us feel good all over and shouting “Yippee!”

And this takes me to another part of this whole thing of teaching what the Scriptures teach with regard to how we are to live. It appears most people who profess faith in Jesus Christ don’t want to be reminded of how they are presently living and of what God requires of them in the way of holy living, and of how they need to change and go with God and not with their flesh. They regard such teachings as negative, judgmental, harsh, unloving, and intolerant, etc., and so they will just tune you out.

But if you read the New Testament, especially the epistles, that is what it largely teaches. And even the encouragements in the Scriptures have conditions attached to them. They are only for specific people who meet particular qualifications, and the qualifications are not just a mere profession of faith in Jesus Christ, if read in full context. The qualifications are obedience and submission to Christ as Lord and the forsaking of our sins and walking in holiness and in righteousness.

But if you teach what the epistles taught, some of which even the people of Paul’s time considered negative, you might have other professers of faith in Jesus Christ regard you as someone who is generally negative and who gets pleasure out of correcting error and speaking truth. But look at Paul’s words here:

“For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.”

I promise you that is where I am, absolutely! I totally agree with what Paul said here. This is my motivation, too, for why I do what I do – that and obedience to my Lord and to his calling upon my life. I teach the truth of the Scriptures, even the hard truths, because that is what we need to hear, and that is what we need to obey if we are going to see God in eternity. And that is the ultimate in love and sacrifice knowing that we are going to be hated and rejected and ignored, in return, by the majority.

So, what is the gospel? The Scriptures teach us that Jesus died that we might die to sin and live to righteousness, and that we might live for him and no longer for self. They teach that Jesus poured out his blood for us on that cross to buy us back for God (to redeem us) out of our slavery to sin so that we will now honor God with our bodies. And they teach that God’s grace trains us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for Jesus’ return.

They teach that by faith in Jesus Christ we are crucified with Christ in death to sin, and we are raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer as slaves to sin but as slaves to God and his righteousness. And Jesus taught that to come after him means denial of self, dying daily to sin, and walking in obedience to his commands. But if we refuse, we will not have eternal life in him. And he taught that not everyone who calls him “Lord” is going to enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING the will of God.

[1 Peter 2:24; 2 Corinthians 5:15,21; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Titus 2:11-14; Romans 6:1-23; Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23]

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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Every Morning You Greet Me

Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ,
Every morning you greet me.
Meek and pure, truth and light,
You look pleased now to meet me.

Flourishing, growing in Him each day,
Live with Him forever.
Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ,
Blessed to know Him forever.

Based off the song “Edelweiss”

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Prayer for Work life

While I am grateful to have a job, it gets overwhelming sometimes with my supervisor & manager adding more workload onto my plate. It feels like I get used to some of the workload and then all the sudden more work is added. I am a supportive coworker and of course, know that I work for the Lord and not man but I need this to dissipate. I don't like feeling overwhelmed and then deadlines to certain projects. I like that they keep the lines of communication open. Please pray that it gets better in my company for us all. :prayer:

Please and thank you.

God bless.

-Angel David

no faithfulness in their mouth

Does anyone notice, every single person, speaking these days on this forum seems to be exactly as God testified for how people were before Jesus Christ came to save all, with no faithfulness in their mouth, showing great wickedness, and their throat only open graves, with nothing pure, clen or worhtwhile coming from them, and flattery or deceit from their tongues ...




Psalm 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Psalm 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

Psalm 36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

Psalm 50:19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

Jeremiah 9:8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.


Romans 3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:



Notice the mouth of Christ is not deceptive as theirs, neither HIs followers are supposed to be as these forum talkers shows it is.



Isaiah 53:9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

Zephaniah 3:13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

Loving your neighbor as yourself? (and starving children)

So Christians would often tithe (give 10% or more to the church/etc) but what about loving your neighbor as yourself? Should you keep 50% of your money for yourself and 50% for your neighbors? Or the least amount you can survive on then the rest to people who really need it like starving children? (ones who end up dying of malnutrition)

Or are starving children not really that important and is spreading the gospel what is really important? Maybe children would go to heaven anyway since they might be too young to be accountable to God.

Is the job market and the USA economy good?



Hey Joe Biden, looks like Bidenomics ain't nearly as good as you and the rest of the ruling elitist class wants us Americans to believe!!
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IS JOHN 20:19-23 REAL ?The book of John

The book of John 20:19-23 says that the disciples can REMITT SIN ?

In verse 22 , Jesus breaths on the disciple and saith to them receive ye HOLY SPIRIT .

In verse 23 , whose sins ye REMITT , they are REMITTED unto them ;

and whose soever (( sins )) ye Retain , they are RETAINED .

How did the disciple REMIT SINS ??

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