Online Bible Study Group

[kodadog1024]

Scholars, theologians, The Old Testament. We're talking about some type psychic(s) either, we're talking about prophets. Words spoken from God, not someone looking to rip people off who are in desperate need of help, spiritually or emotionally.

 

[Ribosome]

Oh hey, am I too late for this? well, i'll stick down my notes anyway.

Name: Heather
Age: 26
Location: Wales, UK
Status: Dating
Belief: Anglican
Problem: Severe social anxiety disorder, scared that people are looking at me etc. Im not working and too scared to attend church :s

hey miser, i have social anxiety too. had it all my life pretty bad. I too have a lot of anxiety when going to church or talking to christians.

how does dating and anxiety of people looking at you go together for you? dating is so scary, i found it impossible.

 

[raven1]

Yes but how do we really know they were Gods words.

 

[Miser]

hey miser, i have social anxiety too. had it all my life pretty bad. I too have a lot of anxiety when going to church or talking to christians.

how does dating and anxiety of people looking at you go together for you? dating is so scary, i found it impossible.

When i say "dating" i suppose i mean it quite loosely, we have not been on a date for a long time. We met while i was studying at collage. I guess I needed someone to take care of me, and Mr. Miser wanted the job.

 

[kodadog1024]

Yes but how do we really know they were Gods words.

How do you know they were not? I mean, really you could debate anything back and forth till your blue in the face. I believe in the Bible and God's Word, because I choose to. Hos words penetrate into my very soul. No other book has ever done that, nor has any other book in the world been preached like the Bible, and moreover, been consistent throughout the ages. It's your doubt vs The Bible.

 

[kodadog1024]

James 3 today folks.

Controlling the Tongue

1 Dear brothers and sisters,[a] not many of you should become teachers in the church, for we who teach will be judged more strictly. 2 Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way. 3 We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth. 4 And a small rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the winds are strong. 5 In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches.
But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. 6 And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself.[b]
7 People can tame all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and fish, 8 but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison. 9 Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image of God. 10 And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right! 11 Does a spring of water bubble out with both fresh water and bitter water? 12 Does a fig tree produce olives, or a grapevine produce figs? No, and you can’t draw fresh water from a salty spring.[c]
True Wisdom Comes from God

13 If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying. 15 For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. 16 For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind. 17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. 18 And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.

 

[kodadog1024]

Man, I LOVE the book of James....

 

[kodadog1024]

Yes but how do we really know they were Gods words.

Now I am NOT trying to prove you wrong by any means Michelle, but hopefully what starts to happen is that this proof and accuracy starts to redirect your mindset. Check it:

Bible's Cohesiveness Proves It True
by Rick Warren​

“Beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, [Jesus] explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.” (Luke 24:27 NIV)​

Only God could have put the Bible together. It is 66 books written over 1,600 years by 40 different authors — and it has one theme.
It is one of the reasons we know that the Bible is God’s Word: It has a single unified theme. From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is all about God redeeming man. Jesus is its star.
The fact that the Bible has only one theme is nothing short of a miracle. It’d be one thing if one person wrote the Bible. The Koran was written by one person, Mohammed. The Analects of Confucius were written by Confucius. The writings of Buddha were written by Buddha. You’d expect them to be uniform.
The Bible, on the other hand, was written by 40 different people, in every age and stage of life and on three continents. And they all wrote the same story — Jesus’ story. Prophets and poets, princes and kings, sailors and soldiers all had the same story. Some were written in homes, others in prisons, and others on ships. You couldn’t have put together a more diverse group of authors.
Yet the story is the same.
Imagine I gave 50 people a piece of paper and I told those 50 people to tear their pieces of paper into different shapes — but I never tell them how I’m going to use them. What’s the likelihood I’d be able to take those pieces of paper and make a map of the United States out of them? Those odds would be astronomically low. If I did that, most people would think it was a trick.

That’s the miracle of how the Bible was put together. We tend to think that the New Testament is about Jesus and the Old Testament is about Israel. But that’s not true. The Bible says in Luke 24:27, “Beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, [Jesus] explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself” (NIV). The New Testament wasn’t even written then.
The pictures, metaphors, analogies, and illusions — from beginning to end — are about God’s plan to redeem people and build a family for eternity. It all began with him. You can see him in every book.
That’s a miracle.
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[kodadog1024]

James 4 everyone! Happy Thursday. What's new?

James 4

Drawing Close to God

1 What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? 2 You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. 3 And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure. 4 You adulterers![a] Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God. 5 What do you think the Scriptures mean when they say that the spirit God has placed within us is filled with envy?[b] 6 But he gives us even more grace to stand against such evil desires. As the Scriptures say,
“God opposes the proud
but favors the humble.”[c]
7 So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. 9 Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.
Warning against Judging Others

11 Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters.[d] If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you. 12 God alone, who gave the law, is the Judge. He alone has the power to save or to destroy. So what right do you have to judge your neighbor? Warning about Self-Confidence

13 Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” 14 How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. 15 What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” 16 Otherwise you are boasting about your own plans, and all such boasting is evil. 17 Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.

 

[teairrah11]

Hi everyone, I'm kind of new to the site but I think online Bible study sessions will be wonderful!! How do we go about getting this started?

Tiffany
31 years old
Married with two children (well they're actually my dogs )
School Teacher (this is me at work like everyday . Time for a new career path!!)
Chicago, IL
Dealt with OCD symptoms since the age of 16

 

[Skitsskat]

Is this still going on? 8)

 

[teairrah11]

Hi everyone, I'm kind of new to the site but I think online Bible study sessions will be wonderful!! How do we go about getting this started?

Tiffany
31 years old
Married with two children (well they're actually my dogs )
School Teacher (this is me at work like everyday . Time for a new career path!!)
Chicago, IL
Dealt with OCD symptoms since the age of 16

 

[kodadog1024]

I kind of stopped posting because it didn't seem like anyone was posting ... ?

 

[TheWorriedOne]

Maybe we can do this once a week like Monday we have something to read and dicuss it on our own time then get another thing to read the next Monday.

 

[kodadog1024]

Good idea. Lets shoot for that.