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These verses speak to me related to our discussion.
2 Peter 3:10
1 Timothy 5:24
Romans 4:25
We all can relate and agree that's what makes the Christian life hard. The unsaved on the other hand, is very comfortable in sins and actually looks forward to doing more. Look what anointed King David did with Bathsheba; adultery and murdered her husband. God bless you
May the Spirit grace us with His truth an understanding.
If there are not two judgments, then how are the saints going to judge the world; because all have to be judged.
1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come (during a persons physical lifetime) that JUDGMEMT must begin at the house of God ( Hebrews 3:6): an if it first begin at us, what shall be the end of them that obey not the gospel of God.
1 Corinthians 11:31-32 For if we would judge ourselves (by the word of God), we should not be judged.
(vs 32) But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord (as children), that we should not be condemned with the world.
1 John 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect (love your enemy), that we may have boldness in the day of judgment (in our lifetime), because as he is (he loves his enemies), so are we in this world.
Jude 1:15 To execute judgement on all, and to convince all (some are convinced in their lifetime some are not)....
2 Thessalonians 1:4-5 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and TRIBULATIONS that you endure:
(vs 5) Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, which you also suffer:
1 Timothy 5:24 Some men's sins are open before hand, going before to judgment; and some men they (judgments) follow after.
There are many more scriptures that confirm two judgments if you look for them; most don't look but are happy to follow the traditions of man.
"They are not able to live according to their old nature."
Some believe that for Christians it's impossible to sin, which I think is a misinterpretation of the Bible that plays into the hand of the enemy. There are Christians who sometimes look at pornography- so does that mean that's not a sin, or some cheat on their wives- not sin? Some have probably even killed- not sin? Seems like a tough argument to make to claim that sin isn't sin. Or that Christians no longer have freewill to sin? We all likely know Christians who have drifted from the faith and have sinned or even denounced the faith.
Not sure if you believe this, but I think the belief of "impossible for Christians to sin" originates from 1 John in 1 John 3:9 and 1 John 5:18, but if you read the context it doesn't say what some are assuming it says. The keywords are who is born of God don't 'practice' sin. Genuine followers won't continue to sin on an ongoing basis.
If you read the whole book of 1 John it explains and shows the context, like right out of the gate in 1 John 1:8-10. So, which is it, can a Christian sin or not?
In chapter 3, it clarifies that its only those who follow commandments. So, an action is required for Christians. It's not like you already won and can disobey and do whatever sin you want. ( 1 John 3:23-24) says that to dwell in Jesus the Christian must obey. If it was a given (automatic) then Jesus wouldn't have kept telling his followers (Christians) to avoid sin. He absolutely pounded this message in them. A true follower should not sin, they should hate it and avoid it at all costs. Matthew 5:30, John 14:15. God bless.
"One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it." Rom 14:5-6
"Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ." Col 2:16-17
The Sabbath that the Jewish people observed was specifically to give the people AND their work animals a day of rest--no work. There was no instruction to worship on the Sabbath.
But when Gentiles began to believe in Jesus, the Apostles held a council in Jerusalem to determine if Jewish laws were to be imposed on them. Here's how the Apostles responded...
"It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well." Act 15:25-29
No mention of a Sabbath.
If you choose to worship on Saturday, I have no problem with that. Most Christians gather on Sunday, the first day of the week in honor and thankful memory of the day the The Lord Jesus Christ arose from the grave. And I'm fine with that or any other day a group of believers choose to assemble.
We should not forsake the assembling together, whatever day it be.
Jesus said many will come in my name .... they have been around a long time now .
God Bless the true seekers . But stick with the scriptures The Lord never disappoints! Amen
The fact is that believers sin every day, maybe even every moment of every day.
"This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us." 1Jn 1:5-10
In this instruction, John uses WE/US throughout: WE believers.
If WE walk IN THE LIGHT, the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth US from all sin. IN THE LIGHT, I believe, refers to the knowledge that has been given to us by The Word of God enlightened by The Holy Spirit.
If WE say that we have NO SIN, we are self deceived and are NOT walking IN THE LIGHT. Then if WE confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive US our sins, and to cleanse US from all unrighteousness.
But WE haven't lost the WE/US relationship to God. We still HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
How can you HAVE eternal life and then NOT. That's not eternal. That's CONDITIONAL eternal life, if you can keep it.
"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand."Joh 10:27-29
Are you His sheep or not? Today but not tomorrow?
Can YOU remove yourself from God's Hands?
Jesus said, "MY sheep." How can a regenerate mortal remove him or her self from Jesus' Fold: MY sheep!
Hello everyone,
The answers that I seek are either by prayer, or from Scripture...
However, I write to you for your opinion; so please read the following:
My wife and I found real love after finally finding each other through the fate of God. We have been married for 27 years.
In recent years; our relationship had suffered for many reasons, no blame to either but to both of us.
I could not suffer my wife to leave her nor bear her to suffer the rejection.
So, in my mind; I thought that it would be easier for both if she lost me by death rather than by rejection. So I tempted God and Satan to do their worst.
Then it came to pass that I got an infection in my brain and tried to ride it out to death, but reasoning with myself that this may not bring death but rather a lifelong affliction, I finally went to the hospital and a surgeon performed a cranial and then three months of intravenous antibiotics.
I did not fulfill the curse that I wished for.
Shortly thereafter, my wife was stricken with Alzheimers Dementia. She is 55 years of age and now resides in a Personal Care Home.
I believe this disease was manifested through my sins and tempting God and Satan to do their worst, to me.
Now the ambiguous loss and the guilt that I feel is unbearable. My continued tempting of God and Satan to do their worst to me has come to pass.
My wife has become the victim of my sins and tempting the Powers.
This is truly the worst.
I became born again to pray for my wife and ask God to perform a miracle. Remove the demons from my wife and make her whole again, and forsake me instead.
In conclusion;
I had a dream and a clear voice said to me "This is your cross to bear"
When I looked to the internet to find a meaning for this phrase, the first example displayed was;
"when a family member is diagnosed with Alzheimers, this is your cross to bear."
I truly believe this is the devils work.
Are my prayers lost?
Our accounts remain reconciled by God in His Holiness only because he is seeing us, the believer, through the finished work of His son, Jesus Christ in His righteousness. If our faith becomes weak and we fail to look to Jesus as our righteousness then God looks at our account, our own (self) righteousness directly, since that is our free will decision.
Carleton
Acts 22: 16:
Paul defense, testimony on trial telling the people; that he was baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Romans 6: 3, 4:
Paul says those that are saved have been baptized, buried in the name of Jesus.
Ephesians 5: 26:
Christ sanctify and cleanse His church with the washing of WATER by the word.
Colossians 2: 11, 12:
The circumcision of Christ takes place in water baptism.
Hebrews 9: 19, 20:
Our bodies are washed with pure water.
1 Peter 3: 20, 21:
In the days of Noah, 8 souls were saved by water. The like figure even BAPTISM ALSO NOW SAVES US.
In conclusion, water is used to separate you from sin, cut off the flesh to bring you into new covenant with Christ, the NEW BIRTH, BORN AGAIN OF WATER AND SPIRIT!
This was the continuation of water baptism part 1.
CONSTANTINE was a sun worshipper and the Catholic Church made it permanent.
NOT SCRIPTURAL.
From the very beginning in the bible, water separates or divides from something: Genesis 1: 6, 7.
When God set apart people for himself, he used water to separate you from something to bring you into something else.
In the old testament, Moses and the priest had to wash with water to be sanctified for service.
Want to show how many scriptures(not all) are showing how important baptism is!
Ezekiel 36: 24 - 27:
God takes the unclean, sprinkles clean water on them, and they shall be clean. Puts his Spirit in them and calls them his people!
New Testament:
John the Baptist baptized with water, also baptized Jesus that the scriptures would be fullfilled:
Matthew 3: 11, 16.
John 1: 26 - 33.
Luke 3: 16, 21.
Matthew 28:19:
Teach all nations to baptize in Jesus name.
Mark 16:16:
He that believes and is baptized shall be saved.
Luke 24: 47 - 49:
Beginning at Jerusalem, repentance and water baptism(remission of sins) preached in Jesus name among all nations.
John 3: 5 - 7:
Jesus taught you must be born again of water(baptism) and Spirit.
John 13:10:
Jesus washed his disciple's feet with water, calling them clean.
John 19:34:
Jesus dead on the cross; soldier pierced his side, out came BLOOD and WATER.
Note:
1 John 5: 6, 8:
Jesus came by WATER and BLOOD.
There are 3 that bear witness in the earth: Spirit, water, and blood. These 3 agree in one.
One what? - One new birth.
Continued next text.
Acts 2:38:
Baptized in water for remission of sins to be saved. Jews first, then gentiles.
Note:
2: 41:
3000 souls were baptized to be obedient.
Acts 8: 36 - 39:
Philip baptized eunuch in water.
Acts 9:18:
Apostle Paul is baptized.
Acts 10: 47, 48:
Peter baptized Cornelius and his family.
Acts 18: 8:
Chief ruler of synagogue believed on the Lord(many with him) got baptized.
Acts 19: 1 - 6:
Paul baptized certain disciples in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Continue to water baptism part 2.
Where is your Scripture to support that after Pentecost, Christians were to worship on the last day of the week rather than the first day of the week?
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."Joh 5:24
If God grants the believer EVERLASTING LIFE, it's not like the petals on a daisy: He love me, He loves me not...
The TRUE believer will endure. Genuine faith evidences itself in persistence through even the worst of trials.
"But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." Mat 24:13
Otherwise, we are working to either GET or KEEP our salvation, which is totally at odds with Scripture.
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life." Tit 3:5-7
"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and BREATHED into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a LIVING SOUL." Gen 2:7
The Hebrew term for a being (nefesh, "being") is often translated "soul," but the word usually refers to the whole person. The phrase living soul (nefesh khayyah, "living being") is used of both animals and human beings.
However, in this instance, we see God who "BREATHED into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a LIVING SOUL."
The Hebrew word for breath (neshamah, "breath") is used for God and for the life imparted to humans, not animals. Its usage in the Bible conveys more than a breathing living organism (nefesh khayyah). Whatever is given this breath of life becomes animated with the life from God,
1) has spiritual understanding ( Job 32:8), and
2) has a functioning conscience (Pro 20:27).
Psalms 33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
Psalms 34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psalms 34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Psalms 34:14-15 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
Psalms 92:1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High:
" Genesis 7:6 "And Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters was opon the earth."
Genesis 11:10 "Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:".
A little bit of subtraction tells us that therefore Shem was born when Noah was in his 502nd year."
Knowing Noah began to beget sons in His 500th year. Japheth being the oldest son of Noah, born in/close to Noahs 500th year, then Shem in His 502nd year, and the birth of Ham, youngest, can not be traced. Just as Chris stated.
God Bless.
Let me repeat, the dead in Christ will meet Christ Jesus in the sky on the day of judgment. They will not face a second judgment because when Christ Jesus was being judged and crucified, they were in Him.
When God fills a person with His Holy Spirit, their new nature becomes one that will live in obedience to His will. They are not able to live according to their old nature. Some received the Spirit in the womb like John the Baptist, some as children like King David and Joseph son of Jacob, some in their senior years like Moses and last but not least, some receive it on the last day on earth like the thief on the cross beside Jesus.
One can not receive the Holy Spirit on his or her own, God put His saving Spirit in those He choose to receive it and He choose them before the world began. This is done this way so no man or woman can boast themselves of salvation. All is God's and God's alone, Amen. God bless you
Not the first day of the week.
4th Commandment.
The scripture support I have for this is: 1 Peter 1:13. It says we have hope for the end that grace is brought. It doesn't say we're already saved and can sin all we want and are already judged- I've heard a lot of people say that with no scriptures to back it up. The scripture seems to indicate we can be saved after Jesus returns and after we're judged. A lot of people claim they're saved now, that it's over and you have a hall pass to just kick back and do whatever. I don't believe it's over, nor that we have a hall pass for unlimited sin. 1 Peter 1:5 says "...salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." It sales salvation will be revealed in the 'last time', not now, or not after you respond to an altar call. I think those who become a Christian and genuinely follow Jesus can have confidence and assurance in salvation, however. But I just don't see the Bible saying that you're immediately judged and saved while living on earth, prior to judgment day. God bless.
Accountability by brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus has a lot of value.
Carleton
This information is not recorded in The Bible. We know that Noah started having son when he was 500 and he completed the ark when he was 600. I would think that he needed his sons to gather the materials and build the ark.