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There is often only occupation with Christ for the relief of the conscience, and if so, where does it stop? It stops when the relief is met. But if He is the Object of the heart, you will never be satisfied but in association and fellowship with Him where He is. If there is simple occupation with Christ, you cannot enjoy it but in association with Him where He is, and in communion with Him about things here. In Psalm 23, there is lying down first, and then I come forth refreshed for the responsibilities of life here, and to walk in “the paths of righteousness.” I “fear no evil.”

I must first know Him where He is; if I do not know Him where He is, I shall not rest in Him for my life down here. True, He accomplished everything down here, but you never get satisfied rest in your soul until you know that the Father has glorified Him up there. You never find a truly restful soul who does not raise the question—where is He? Mary Magdalene says, “They have taken my Lord” (Jhn 20:13). The two disciples in John 1 asked, “Where dwellest thou” (Jhn 1:38). The heart is set on the discovery of where He is. It is vain for a man to tell me his heart is on a person, if he is indifferent as to where that person is. “If you then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth” (Col 3:1).

I stand on simple grace. I am entitled to nothing, but I count on what is in my Father’s heart for me. When I come to discover what is in that heart for me, that is grace. It is an unspeakable comfort to my heart to say I know He will do something, though what He will do I know not. I would not venture to dictate to Him what He should do, but I know my Father’s heart.

The Lord says to me, if you come to Me, you will find My Word working in you to remove the shade of reserve that has come between you and Me; the first great desire of My heart is that there shall be nothing between you and Me. I will make it My business that there shall be no break in our intimacy (there’s never a time when we are not “forgiven”—NC). He wiped the disciple’s feet after He had washed them; the towel is to give the soul the sense that there is nothing between, nothing of defilement left.

The moment I begin to walk in His path (1Jo 2:6 – concerned only of the Father’s will—NC), I find out all my contrarieties. For the right road there are ninety-nine roads wrong, and the heart is ever inclined to go up one of those roads. When it does, the Lord says, I will send My Word after you and draw you out of it. The washing of my feet sets me free from the wrong road, and, the moment I get on the right one, I have the confirmed sense from the Lord Himself—I am with you, I bear you company.

If I am not aware that the Lord sympathizes with me, that He is looking after my concerns, I cannot turn around and think of His affairs. But if I have the sympathy of the Lord Jesus I shall not be worried (John 14:1, 27), I know that He is thinking about me and my affairs, and I leave them all to Him (Mat 11:28).


—J B Stoney





MJS daily devotional excerpt for November 20
“It takes us a long time to realize that all is darkness outside the Light of heaven and earth.” -MJS

“The moment we begin to rest our peace on anything in ourselves, we lose it. And this is why so many saints have not settled peace. How can you have settled peace? Only by having it in the Father’s way. By not resting on anything, even the Spirit’s work within, but on what the Lord Jesus has done entirely outside you.

“Then you will know peace—conscious unworthiness, but yet peace. In the Lord Jesus alone, the Father finds that in which He rests; and so it is with His saints. The more you see the extent and nature of the evil that is within, as well as that without and around, the more you will find that what the Lord Jesus is and did, is the only ground at all on which you can rest.”

“When the eye is turned away from the Lord Jesus, darkness must set in. It is only as the eye is single that the body is full of light. And what is a single eye but having Him for our Object? It is thus that light divine pours in upon us, until every chamber of our moral being becomes lighted up, and we become light for others. In this way the believer is kept happily free from obscurity, perplexity, and anxiety. He finds all his springs in the Lord Jesus.”

“It is having the Lord Jesus as our Object which alone gives us the power of truth. When we have anything of our own as an object, so far we slip aside, for the Lord Jesus alone is the full truth. It is only in proportion as we are filled with Him, and have Him to the exclusion of our own evil, that we ourselves walk in the truth. Let us have our hearts fixed on any one thing or person save the One who is our life, and evil results.” William Kelly (1821-1906)

In the first detailed reporting of what President Putin would accept in any deal brokered by Trump, the five current and former Russian officials said the Kremlin could broadly agree to freeze the conflict along the front lines.

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In total, Russia has over 110,000 square km of Ukrainian territory. Ukraine holds about 650 square km of Russia's Kursk region.

Have you heard? They say the Trump Dance is taking over the world!

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Even the Boomers are doing it!

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The above quote is powerful, but living out in my own life is challenging. The main reason is that I am not mature in the virtue of humility. Total confidence in God is not something that can be achieved without deep reflection, and a willingness not to listen to my inner voices that have been with me my whole life. They manifest themselves in my moods, anxious concerns, etc. Fear of what others think of me is something that I have been working on my whole life, yet the struggle continues. It is not a matter of simply choosing, but the continued practice of not believing all that I find myself expressing to myself.

To embrace the idea that I am worthy, and the beloved of God is also difficult for me. So, I often make an act of faith even though the emotional rejection of such a thought is still there. It is the goad that keeps me seeking deeper inner freedom. The road to inner freedom is a struggle against the often-unrecognized self-hatred that dwells in my soul.

Love of self is essential, we are commanded to love ourselves for a good reason, there is much that we find in ourselves as we mature in our walk of faith that challenges us to deepen our faith in the love and acceptance of God.

Jesus came to save us from ourselves, not from God. God is not the problem, we are. It is a long road to inner freedom that grows everyday when we understand that our negative, hateful, and angry thoughts and emotions come from a place of immaturity and pain. Being rooted in Jesus in God’s love allows us to see ourselves and still open up our hearts to the only source that can heal us at our soul level.

All human beings are the beloved of God, Jesus identifies with those we consider the least, and it is there that we find the Lord and healing. For in the least, we truly see ourselves, the self that we hate.-Br.MD

Michie said:

The pink pigeon fully grown at Paignton Zoo in England – SWNS

A rare pink pigeon has been hand-reared at a UK zoo for the first time, using an innovative method for feeling baby birds.

Found in the wild only on the island nation of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, pink pigeons have been on the endangered ‘red list’ for both the IUCN and BirdLife.

On the brink of extinction in 1991, their numbers were thought to have dropped to a low of just nine individuals left in the wild.

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Rare pink pigeon was hand-reared at UK's Paignton Zoo for the first time, after wild population on brink of extinction dropped to 10 birds.

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Yes, I live in Paignton, so I know the zoo there well. The pink pigeon was on our local BBC news quite a lot.

Michie said:

My advice is to cut it off. Tell him you no longer want to continue this pattern of arguments. It is not healthy for him or you. If he continues, just tell him you’ll see him tomorrow. During this time he may get the hint and try to communicate in a more healthy way.

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Good advice.

So, when I don’t know what to pray
I don’t know what to God to say
He intercedes for my requests
For He knows what is truly best

He counsels me when I’m confused
When I am hurting or misused
When things in life just don’t make sense
When people live lives in pretense

He shows the way I am to go
And how His truth I am to know
He leads me in His righteousness
And comforts when I’m in distress

For He’s my Lord, my Savior King
To Him I give my everything
I want to walk with Him each day
To read His word, to bow and pray

I want to make Him Lord of life
So I do not live life in strife
He gives me peace I would not know
If love for Him I did not show

So He’s my life, my everything
My life to Him my offering
I follow Him where’er He leads
While on His Word I daily feed

An Original Work / November 8, 2022

[Greek interlinear of verse 1: “I exhort therefore first of all to be made entreaties prayers intercessions thanksgivings on behalf of all men.”]

“On behalf of” – “In the interests of a person, group” (Oxford Languages).

“In the interest of” – “In order to achieve a particular goal/result” (MWD).

And what is “in the interests of” all people? What is the intended particular goal or result? The answer is found in verses 3-4:


We need to be praying for the salvation of all people, including those people in high up positions within our nations, that they would all come to the knowledge of the truth of the gospel of our salvation. We must pray for them that – by the grace of God, and because of Jesus’ sacrifice for us on that cross in putting our sins to death with him, and by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ – they would deny self, repent of their sins (die to sin daily) and follow our Lord Jesus in walks of obedience to his commands from this day forward, to the end of time on this earth or until they die.

[Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Acts 26:16-18; 2 Chronicles 7:12-15; Titus 2:11-14; Ephesians 4:17-24]

Today in America

*The Lord has been having me write these devotions 2 weeks in advance, so this was originally written on November 6, 2024.*

Yesterday was voting day in the USA, and this morning Donald Trump was declared to be the next president of the USA, beginning his term of office in January of 2025. Many (not all) professers of Christianity here in America apparently voted for him because they believe he is “the chosen” of God at this time to lead our nation, and that he is going to make life better for us than what we have had under the present administration. And so they are thanking and praising God that this man is going to be our next president.

But is that biblical? No! It isn’t! For they are treating this man as though he is our “savior” instead of Jesus Christ being our only Savior and Lord. They are looking to this man to save them from what ails us as a nation, but what ails us are the sins of the people, and only Jesus Christ can deliver us out of our slavery to sin and empower us to live godly and holy lives for the glory and praise of God. And they are trusting in the words of human flesh when that man may be lying to the people with a grin on his face.

We are not to look to other humans to save us from what ails us as a nation, but we are to be looking only to God. We are not to put our trust in princes who cannot save, but our trust needs to be in God and God alone, who is the only one we can trust in 100%. For this man very well could be the man of perdition, the antichrist, our betrayer, who betrays with a kiss but who is truly our enemy. He may be a “Pied Piper” leading many people of this nation to their deaths while he portends to have our best interest at heart.

So, “Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save” (Ps 146:3). “It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes” (Ps 118:9). “They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction” (Hos 8:4). “Where is your king, that he may save you? Where are your rulers in all your towns, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?” (Hos 13:10).

“..and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God” (1 Co 2:1-5). “You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men” (1 Co 7:23). “As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming” (Eph 4:14; cf Col 2:8; 2 Pet 3:17).

The Purpose of Our Prayers

So, if we are going to pray for our leaders, we need to pray first of all for their salvation, but salvation from sin as defined by God and by the Scriptures, taught in their appropriate context. For just because they call themselves “Christians,” as some of them do, and they profess the name of Jesus as their Savior, it does not mean automatically that they are truly the children of God, saved by God’s grace, and on their way to heaven. It could mean that they are proclaiming Christ as their Savior falsely, and perhaps even with the intention to deceive those who profess to be his followers.

And do not look to those humans to be your “saviors,” to save your nations from what ails them. Look to God and to God alone. Do not make idols of men who are flesh and blood. Do not raise them up above other men to where you have blinders on and cannot see who they might really be when they are behind the curtain. All flesh is flesh. For there is ONE GOD and ONE MEDIATOR between God and men, and that man is CHRIST JESUS, who gave his life as a ransom for all, that we might all be saved from our sins.

If you have not done so before, I would encourage you to play the video of the following song, not for the purpose of being entertained, but for the purpose to grasp the meaning behind the words and the images which tell us the story of my nation (USA), but any nation, in reality, which is governed by human beings who lie, cheat, steal, and betray their own people:

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.

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tonychanyt said:

Why didn't God make the Bible perfectly clear?

The Bible is not a science book or a systematic theology book. It is a compilation of sacred texts written over 1500 years by about 40 human authors in three languages. During this period, the authors recorded God's interactions with human beings, reflecting a rich tapestry of historical, cultural, and theological contexts. All these factors compromised writing clarity. Human languages are inherently ambiguous.

A big portion of the texts were prophecies. Prophetic writing was even more ambiguous. Its language was meant to be highly symbolic and interpretive.

Jesus was fond of using parables. Why?

To conceal the truths to those who don't want to know. If you want to know, you must think deeper and pursue it.
While the Bible may not be perfectly clear in every aspect, the core message is clear if you really want to know. Jesus died for our sins. Believe and you will have eternal life. Satan is working hard to confuse you so that you won't believe.

Why didn't God make the Bible perfectly clear in every aspect?
That wasn't God's purpose for the Bible. In any case, given the limitations of human languages, perfect clarity could not be accomplished.

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Ironically, some of the less intelligent have a better basic comprehension of their God than many of their more learned and 'capable' brethren.

But another big thing for us to understand is that we don't any of us speak God's understandings. We ask questions full of presuppositions, such as the independent existence of humans, and like it, the notion that we are capable of substantive thought. God's patience is amazing, toward those who think their babble actually means something. (nods to CS Lewis)

Michie said:

The word virtue suggests something strong, but also difficult. Virtue is a good habit that makes you good. It also makes your life easier, because, just like any habit, as you grow in it, you do it more easily, almost unconsciously. Contrary to the modern view, something doesn’t have to be difficult for it to be moral. Indeed, the more virtuous you are, the easier it is to act virtuously.


Virtues don’t just make life easier for you. They also make you happier and healthier. The ancients taught this, and modern psychological science is proving it. Each virtue is like a superpower habit, that anyone can acquire, through daily practice, and that makes life easier, happier, healthier, and more effective. I call them “superhabits.”

Growing In Virtue​

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How To Grow In Virtue When You Lack Willpower - Catholic-Link

The word virtue suggests something strong, but also difficult Virtue is a good habit that makes you good It can't be acquired by willpower

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There is nothing you can do, apart from Christ. Virtue is HIS to perform in you, though it wears you out with effort. He will make sure that you will learn you can never measure up, and that measuring up is not his purpose for you, but to come to know him as your very life.

comana said:

Mexico City is not any near the border, however the desert is.

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There's desert on both sides. Millions of people are able to cross it going north, but somehow they'll all die in the wilderness crossing it going south. There's cities and towns south of the border, the same as there's cities and towns north of the border. 90 million vehicles a year cross the border. That's nearly 250,000 per day. It's not a hundred miles of desolate wasteland across the whole border until you finally reach civilization. It's no different than going north across the border into Texas and Arizona.

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Thank you guys. After work, I got the news from the taxi company's owner that Tina is recovering, though, the doctors do not know why she felt those chest pains and the tingling left arm, but the doctors knew that she did not have a heart issue during this medical emergency.

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Happy to hear she is ok. May God continue to bless her and guide her

Thanks for sharing.

2 KINGS 4:1-37

Here, Elisha Ha Navi ( Elisha the Prophet) ministers to a Shunamite woman, as some prophets had a public ministry, Elisha had more of a private ministry, ministering to individuals more than to the general public as a whole. Yeshua did both, he ministered to the sick, the hurting, and the poor, and also preached to the public in synagogues.

The first case involves a Shunamite woman whose husband (now dead) was one of the “B’nei HaNeviim” (sons of the Prophets). It wasn’t that he was a biological son of one of the prophets, but a Torah student of the “School of the prophets”. Today we have Bible institutes, back then, you had the “schools of the prophets” The prophets who were called by G-d instructed those interested in learning in the Words of God written in the Torah, from Adam and Eve up to those present times. Guess you could say kind of “history classes” and lessons to be learned from those “histories”.

The Shunamite woman tells or “cries out” (Tza-a-kah) to Elisha and tells him her problem. The Hebrew word “Tza-a-kah” denotes a “cry for legal assistance” similar to “Tzedakah’ (charity). Her husband owed money to a creditor, now dead, the debt was not canceled, it was still effective. In those days, if one could not pay a debt, a son or daughter could be taken as a slave or servant and “work off the debt” So, Elisha tests the woman’s faith by the following words;

“What can I do for you? What do you have in the house?”

In this case, the Shunamite woman needed a financial miracle. She had only one pot of olive oil. The woman asked for pots from her neighbors, then, received the oil, in abundance. Many times, when we look for miracles, we extend a blessing to another, and then, we receive from God, it just works that way at times. In the case of the Shunamite woman, just a little bit of olive oil in a pot went a long way.

We can look at this in another way from the derashic level. We are all “Vessels” or “pots” in the service of Adonai. The oil can symbolize the Holy Spirit. We can ask for more oil, and more oil will be given. We work together to further the Kingdom of God, we are like, many vessels with oil, all working the further the Kingdom, through our diverse spiritual gifts. When we work together, miracles can happen, healings take place, debts get paid, all through the power of Adonai, we are just “his faithful vessels with oil.”

The other case involved another woman and her husband from the same place called Shunem. The husband and wife offered Elisha a meal and a place to stay when he visited. That was a great mitzvah. The couple was blessed with a child. One blessing often brings on another. Yet the child perhaps had a heat stroke and died. Because scripture says that the boy went out to the field and cried out; “my head, my head”

Elisha and his servant are called and they come to the family’s aid. Elisha places his staff on the boy’s face, then he places his own body on the boy’s body, and the boy is resurrected. We might ask why that procedure. What is the meaning of the staff on the face? The body of the prophet on top of the body of the dead boy? One can only guess. One thing is that a “Staff” (Mateh) symbolizes authority. The face is part of the head, and it was in the head that the ailment occurred, be it a heat stroke or cerebral hemorrhage, or a blood clot.

Elisha represented Adonai, so it was like Adonai bringing the boy back to life, but in the body of Elisha. Did not Peter and Paul do the same thing? They brought back the dead to life as well. When Elisha’s body was spread out on top of the boy’s, it could also symbolize our Messiah Yeshua’s spread out body on Calvary’s cross. His death meant our life. In this case, Elisha perhaps “Breathed” into the boy’s mouth since his “mouth was on the boy’s mouth, his eyes on the boy’s eyes.

As Elohim “breathed the breath of life” (Neshmat chayiim) into the body of Adam, the Shunamite’s son was also “filled with life again” The son sneezed “seven times” “7” is the perfect number.

We will all die someday unless the Rapture happens first. Our bodies will cease to function and will be put underground. However, Paul states that "absent from the body is to be in the presence of the LORD." So our souls will be taken to Heaven and "wait" until our earthy bodies transform into incorruptible bodies, and then join our soul/spirit in Heaven. In the case of the Shunamite's son, there is a "from death to life" miracle, and with us, there is the same "from death to eternal life" event.

MATT 6:1-7:29

The Talmid (Disciple) Matityahu (Matthew) writes about different themes. One of the themes is that of prayer; “DO not pray/repeat vain repetitions” We often wonder what this means.

Many people memorize prayers and “recite them” over and over again. It becomes routine, and the danger in this is that one can pray “like a machine” and not understand nor meditate on the meaning of the prayer itself. Then, the prayer becomes just plain words. A parrot can learn to speak, and repeat things, but it doesn’t understand what it is saying. Are we like parrots? or souls created in the image of Elohim?

In Judaism, many prayers are part of the prayer books. It isn’t bad to learn them and repeat them, only “understand” what the words mean and how they relate to our God. Then, when we pray the morning and evening prayers, we can meditate on what these words are really saying so that they do not become just “vain repetitions”.

Here we have the LORD’s prayer. It is not meant to be something we just memorize and repeat like we do many times with prayers. This prayer is something to meditate on, and let the meaning penetrate our souls.

“Aveinu BaShamayim” “Our father who is in the heavens” Who has the right to call God, “Our Father” but only those who are members of his family. All of humanity is God’s “creation” and he is humanity’s “creator” but only to born-again believers, he is “Father”

“Kadosh Shmo” (sanctified be his name) HIS name is YHVH (Yod, Hey, Vav, Hey) which comes from HAVAYA (to exist) he is “Haya” (past) “Hoveh” (present) and “Yiyah” (future). And his name is indeed “Kadosh” (Holy). Contrary to popular belief, the Torah does not prohibit one from using it, on the contrary, the Word of God says “Call upon the NAME of the LORD!”

“Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” The “kingdom of Heaven” is HIS activity on earth, so, it is already here. It has been here since Genesis 1:1. It is here and manifests itself amid his believers, churches, synagogues, congregations, bible study groups, etc. There is a “coming” political kingdom and a literal “New Jerusalem” that will appear on earth someday in the future, and what a time that will be.

“Give our bread continually”. Our “daily bread” does not consist only of literal food, but ALL of our basic needs. YHVH is a loving God and many times gives us even our “wants”. He will do this “continually”, I have seen this many times in my life when I just “think” of things I need, all of a sudden, I get them, many times for free.

“Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us” Many times, we commit sins against God, and yes, we want Him to forgive us, but what about people who have committed offenses against us? Are we holding grudges against them? If so, how then can we expect forgiveness for our sins? Our sins against our Holy God are greater. We must learn to forgive those around us. At times, it is hard, but it is a “command!” when it can’t come from the flesh, it must come from the spirit.

“Do not lead us into the power of temptation, but keep us from all evil…amen” What is the “power” of temptation? It is succumbing to the power of HaSatan. Remember that just because we are “b’nei Melech” (children of the King) does not mean that we are free from being tempted. Everyone on this earth has been tempted, even our LORD and Messiah. This is part of testing, we can be tempted, but that does not mean that we will give in to the temptation and commit sin. It is OUR choice, the very last word is “Amen” which comes from “Amun” which is “to say something true” so when we say “Amen” it is “so be it, as it is truth from God” (this was taken from a Primitive Hebrew text, as the first “LORD’s prayer was written in Hebrew) there is also an Aramaic rendition of the LORD’s prayer, look it up on “YouTube”

2 PETER 2:4-11

Kefa (Peter) reminds the reader that just as we serve a God of love and forgiveness, the same God, Adonai-Elohim-Yeshuah, is a God of wrath and vengeance, a jealous God. A God who punishes the unrepentant wicked. He gives the examples of the fallen angels who went into human women, thus causing mutant genetic offspring and “Giants” They are in hell today, as are all the wicked souls that did not repent.

We all like to listen to messages involving God’s love but do not care to listen to the “hell, fire, and brimstone” messages, such a message was preached on July 7th, 1741 by Jonathan Edwards, and thus brought revival to New England.

Our Heavenly Father is a Father of love and reaches out to all who will listen, but by no means is an “arm-twister” He will not force anyone to come to Him. We can accept or reject; the choice is ours.

23Away with your noisy hymns of praise! I will not listen to the music of your harps. 24Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice,
an endless river of righteous living. Amos 5:23-24

8These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Matthew 15:8

13 The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught. Isaiah 29:13

timf said:

Sometimes a denominational church can assure their members that they have met the minimum requirements for heaven and park themselves in a pew until it is time to go.

Sadly, many miss out on the primary work of a Christian, to become more like Jesus (Eph 4:13-15)

This is largely accomplished by transitioning from walking by the flesh (selfishness) to walking by the Spirit (selflessness) (Galatians chapter five)

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Thanks for making that distinction.

friend of said:

How would they assess awareness?

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I'd suggest Morse code.

Dan Perez said:

Are than , you are saying than the NEW COVENANT is to be kept to day ??

So where do you see who is saved under the NEW COVENAT , as some say that it is being to kept today ??

Verse in 11 , the Lw n did not bring perfection to bring PERFECTION .

And verse 12 , For the priesthood being changed , , of necessity there be a change of te Law !!

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God’s law is perfect for converting the soul Psa 19:7 so obviously not the same law that did not bring perfection, which was the animal sacrificial system under a human priesthood as they could never take away sin, and sin is breaking God’s perfect law, personally written by our perfect Savior. The law that had to change was the law that it states in the chapter, the priesthood because the law said the priest had to come from the tribe of Levi, but Christ came from the tribe of Judah, so the law of the priesthood had to change because of this. It’s all there in Hebrews 7 if read in context.

It’s hard for me to believe that so many professed Christians have such a seemingly low opinion of our perfect Heavenly Father. That our perfect Savior could personally write and imperfect law. The other spirit has certainly flipped things and sad so many buy into it.

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I love this beautiful song by Petra.

You mean shades of George Orwell's 1984, where Big Brother is watching?

RileyG said:

Imagine if they performed the q’uran or Mohammad’s life in drag. They would be canceled in a heartbeat.

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Or worse.

So very sad. St. Patrick, pray for your beloved Ireland.

May God have mercy on him.

Lord have mercy!