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Jesus aooeared in a 10 secinf dream.., with message.. Live life accordingly and be rewarded. . what scripture is this found in?

Why were these book not included in the bible Esdras and Noah?

Is there a biblical passage that predicts a time "...when the seasons shall become as one..."? It was a favorite quote (or misquote) of my father's but I have never been able to find it.

Thanks.

Says who? It hasn't to me. Has it to you? Just because a small, but loud group says or does something or just because TV propaganda says something doesn't mean it's true or that I have any less right to celebrate Jesus Christ every day. No one can take that away. Christ is literally in the name Christmas.

for a time after it was as if God sat me down and wanted to show me lots of scripture etc

Another time it was morning, I was awake but had not yet opened my eyes ...I literally heard a deep voice say

" Jonah referred to jesus disciples as don Ultra"

At least that's what it sounded like, very clearly spoken. I still don't really know what don Ultra means, a friend looked it up and said; extreme teacher. However I now know Jonah lived before jesus so not sure about the message at at all. Is it possible jesus lived in spirit before he came in physical form?

Another time I literally had just the one word "indoctrinated" put into my mind, I'm embarrassed to say I didn't even know what it meant until I looked it up. I jumped out of bed literally to write it down before I forgot it. When i.looked it up I felt that God was trying to tell me he wanted me to tell others of my experiences so that they would believe in him too like I do. However I feel like I tried to On Facebook but no one was listening. Disheartened I gave up. Now I don't know if I've let God down which of course I don't want to do that.

The last time I felt close to him it was as if he called me in Sabbath afternoon as had not thought of him since that morning, and it was as if he was letting me know he was there and as if I had a link to him through my sacral chakra lower stomach and stopped feeling ill feeling there.



The last message I remember is he let me know his word is *alive* .

I felt so alive like it's been the most amazing experience ever last yr I felt like I was dancing on air with God but my partner doesn't believe and I feel like I'm fighting the devil sometimes. I've literally had a cup fly out of my cupboard when I was talking to one if his brothers about God ...I feel sadness because I don't know if ....it's like my partner poured water on the sparkflame of the holy spirit and I don't want to lose God.

Anyway one night I see a very bright light come to me ...I don't know if it was a false light or not... But I think it was only a few months later that my pentagram pendent fell off... I was wearing it for protection, I thought upright it was 'positive' I thought that it was only pointing downwards pentagram s that were demonic. Anyway it was not broken it was actually impossible that it could have come off...the first time it happened we were staying in a hotel and it just fell into my lap...There was a bible in the hotel room so I don't know if that had anything to do with it...someone's prayer maybe..? Anyhow the link was in tact as well as the thread...I was puzzled...anyhow so I put it back on initially. After we got home it happened two more times before I realised I was not meant to wear it. It was only when I was telling someone online in a Facebook forum about what happened and that I felt that God was telling me I didn't need to wear it for protection and that I was protected....the person I was telling informed me that if course that's what God was telling me because one of the ten commandments is "thy shall not wear any graven image" so if course I was like "really?" ...and looked it up. ....

One night I heard like a tiny tornado outside and felt like I should go out there... I wish I had now I know about elijah...was it elijah? That got called up.in a whirlwind? I wouldn't want to go anywhere without my children though.

Another night before I fell asleep I was thinking about how it would be impossible for me to get close enough to God to see him as I am ' just me.'.....but Just before I opened my eyes it was like I could see him right in front of me screwing his eyes up and shaking his head waving his arms about and saying " if you want to get close to God don't burn inscence!!! I detest it!!! Absolutely detest it"

so I threw all my inscence in the bin.

A seed cannot produce fruit unless it dies. The dying of a seed happens quickly, by itself? Whereas the dying of the sinful nature of man, may take a life time. Hearing Gods voice in His word, we are growing, while our flesh is dying, all during this time of maturation! Jesus teaches us what takes place during this time of "sanctification". Wisdom and knowledge are the fruits given by His grace , some 20 fold, some 30, some 60 sixty fold found in the redemption of Him through faith in the word! The spiritual freedom we receive is the revelation found in Him. Their is an enemy of a government of the ungodly, who envy and wish to terminate His words! These things we see happening all over the world! These are the tares, beware of the tares, they soon shall be taken away and burned!

Robert Malit thank you so much for sharing yr testimony with me ! It's truly amazing stuff! Glory to God truly!!! It's such amazing stories which is why I think it is so difficult for some folk to believe but I believe...I believe too how amazing he is. It's so supernatural some people sadly do not understand.

Steven Spencer thank you for your kind words. I feel like I have found true fellowship with you guys. I wonder if it's because my mum died when I was just 7 that he held my hand ...I remember I had a dream that my cat had her kittens on my bed and I see the blood and felt that cat and her kittens wriggling and everything....but when I awoke she was not there ...However the very next night she had her kittens on my bed exactly how I dreampt....I remember when I was a teenager I accidentally put my hand in the bubbling hot oil of the deep fat fryer yet it did not burn me ..it just felt like like warm water...I had not prayed and I remember feeling puzzled about it.

Anyway fast forward to 2019 and I had trouble with a next door neighbor who was acting extremely antisocial towards me and I had this new age book called angelic protection. There was a picture of the parting of the red sea on the front cover which I knew was biblical. However looking back I feel so stupid and cross at my self for being so naive. There was writing and diagrams like in a circle and it said to look at the writing backwards. It said to picture angels sitting next to me either side of me, Since I have always been 'very sensitive ' and aware of the spirit world I could actually see what didn't look like angels at all but gross looking creatures which I can only guess we're demonic. I also see one wall through my kitchen when I was talking to a neighbor and it went out my door to next door neighborsgarden I had trouble with. I looked it up on the internet where it said it was a ' neutral ' spirit. I didn't like it at all and felt so deceived as I thought they were not angels at all.

We're introduced to Paul (then known as Saul) from Acts 7:58 onwards. Saul, by his own claim, was a Jew & a Pharisee (a religious leader, studied in Jewish Law), from the tribe of Benjamin ( Philippians 3:5,6). He also hailed from Tarsus, Celicia in Asia Minor (now Turkey). If you're keen to see the city & you have a map of Turkey, Tarsus is located between the cities of Mersin & Adana on the South coast.

Then from Acts chapter 9, you can read of Saul's mighty encounter with the risen Jesus Christ & from that event, Saul believed on Jesus, was baptized & later he was also referred to as Paul ( Acts 13:9). We generally hear the name Paul being used from hereon.

Paul wasn't one of the 12 disciples who walked with Jesus. However, since Paul had seen the Lord, received teaching from him (from Heaven while in the deserts of Arabia: Galatians 1:17), & called by Jesus to be His apostle ( Romans 1:1), the other apostles after some initial hesitance acceptance him. And of course, we know that God used Paul mightily to preach to both the Jews & the Gentiles of His saving Grace (his mission however was primarily to the Gentiles). Paul went on several missionary journeys & established several Churches, even in his own country. How very sad though, that Turkey now has Islam as its predominant religion, when at the time of Paul, he would have "turned the world upside down" with the power of the Gospel even in his home country.

So, if you read the Book of Acts, especially from chapter 7 onwards, you'll learn more of what I've shared here. And then his letters to the Churches are filled with wisdom, that which he learned from Jesus to teach Christians on how to live the Christian life victoriously.

Salvation is by the grace of God. Eph.2:8&9. Emulation is not the path to salvation, but instead, a false doctrine which you are teaching. Your omission of gospel truth is obvious, as you talk about yourself, not a question of interpreting.

I know whom. 1Tim1:12

Adam,

Betty might be a Jehovah's Witness. They don't celebrate any holidays or special occasions. Not even their kids' birthdays. I knew a couple of former JWs and they would get so mad about never having had a birthday. I guess they think we all worship everyone with a pagan holiday for every person we know. Strange customs are one sign of it being a cult. Jews only had sad holidays.

A lot of atheistic and anti-Christian documentaries are out now, trying to hide the divine mystery of Christ. One of these is Zeitgeist, which purports to debunk Christianity as being a copy of older pagan rituals that men who wrote the Bible stole. However, we know there is nothing older than God, the Alpha and Omega. Christ was set to be our Redeemer always, from the beginning of time and even before that. Men did not write the Bible alone. Satan is the liar. He is the one who stole the story and presented it over and over in hopes of defiling the miracles of God.

So yes, Satan made Isis, Osirus, and Horus. Nimrod dies and his mother Semiramis says she is pregnant by her dead son with his own reincarnation. There was a tree with presents underneath around the winter solstice. Saturnalia worshipped Saturn, another named for Satan. Sol Invictus was the birthday of the sun, the 25th of Dec. But what if all that was planned because Satan knew beforehand that Christ would be born then? Why do we celebrate Easter? That is a fertility ritual named after goddess Ishtar. It's based on Passover, not the equinox. It's a Resurrection celebration. Eggs and bunnies bring back the fertility thing. God said our offspring would number like grains of sand. Be fruitful!

Sin and death were conquered. We're free from the old Law through grace.

I Cor 2:7-8

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

The above scripture is powerful, it shows the mind of God for everything He created that He wants them to be alive, virile and healthy, remain productive all through the years. However, i think that sin has changed the plans for mankind. Famine both in the spirit and physical have led to a total change in the plan. I don't know if this scripture is being practiced anywhere again in the land of the living, it does not alter the plans of God. I sincerely pray that Christians will not be judged by this scripture.

Individually we make plans & projections running through each 7th year of our existence... moreso has dispensation of Grace covered the exclusion from living this scripture?

Why would someone claim to be a Jew who is not?

So, answer this:

Why would the Antichrist claim to be the Messiah but is not?

Why would the serpent claim Eve could eat of the fruit and not die when that was not true?

Why do people lie?

Because Satan is the father of all lies and deception and he rules earth. He is trying to deceive people in order to separate them from God. You seem like you don't realize that pretty much EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU. If they are not Christian, they are lying to you. Period. The TV lies, books lie, science lies, government lies, everyone is lying to you. If you believe the lies, then you do not have the Spirit of Truth in you. That is the only way one can discern lies and deceit. And 99% of what you hear and see will be half-truths or lies or disinformation or misinformation, so question everything.

1 Peter 5:8--Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

In Exodus 23:10,11, we read: "And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard."

This seventh year of rest was based on the sabbath rest commanded to Israel, whereby they worked for six days & rested on the seventh for the recuperation of mind & body. Likewise, the land was to be 'rested' (i.e. no plowing, seeding or harvesting), & whatever grew from the previous year's harvest, from the rains, were not to be harvested, but left for the poor to gather for themselves & as food for the wild animals. In this way also, it gave the soil time to rejuvenate & to not always be depleted of its nutrients. Today, farmers use crop rotation or a multiple field rotation so that the land remains healthy & productive.

I don't assume that Christmas is a pagan holiday. It has become a pagan holiday, forgetting the real reason for the holiday.

In Genesis 1:26, we see the plurality of God in that great creative work of mankind. We know that Jesus was also involved in creation ( Colossians 1:15,16) & that mankind was to bear the image of the Deity. When Jesus took on humanity, that 'exterior' image faded but the full Image & Being of the Godhead was not diminished.

In Genesis 1:27, we read that "God created man in his OWN Image", which I don't see as presenting any problem as it's still the self-same God in His Triunity that created man to bear His Image.

Then in Genesis 3:22 we read, "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of US, to know good and evil". Here again, God brings in the Fullness of His Being, as created man stepped outside of God's Will & now able to discern between good & evil, & has further taken on another aspect of God. Man lost his innocence by his sinning against God.

The above verses reveal to us the triunity of God, but when we get to Genesis 11:7, we read: "Let US go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech." We can't be sure who went with God to do this work: was it Jesus as God's Word, or the angels or some Beings of Heaven, we don't know. Since it didn't involve the creation of someone or something to bear His Image, we could understand that others were involved at the Tower of Babel.

To reply to Rev Dr Peter Djabeng Question on Wisdom of Solomon 1: Solomon fell victim to females because of his

struggle with his flesh. His father David also had a weakness for females. This did not take away from the fact that

Solomon is the wisest to live and that God still granted him this wisdom, for Solomon was righteous and loved God and

was given a gift of wisdom, as God gives all of us gifts. We are humans and are flawed. God knows this. Be encouraged.

Hi Betty,

Why do you assume December 25th is a 'pagan' day and not a Christian day? Are you 100% sure it wasn't a Christian day already before others started pretending it was instead 'their' day? Should Christians then cower and yield to evil everytime evil challenges them?

What if you researched and found that every day of the year could be associated with some kind of witchcraft, pagan, satanic, or other evil forces, does that mean Christians should never do anything ever again? What if the opposite happened- that Christians stopped being afraid and stood up and boldly celebrated Jesus?

Christmas is the #1 holiday in the world and it is a Christian holiday. To many it is the only time they hear about Jesus- some for the first time. Yes, it's imperfect and some people distort and commercialize and mass up the message, but you have to admit it gets through, and people have a lot of associations with love, family, and Jesus. Why would you want to take away? If someone's goal is to remove the one opportunity some have to learn about Jesus are they doing the work of God or of satan?

So, if we don't know precisely what day Jesus was born is that a reason to stop all celebrating of Jesus on Christmas?

I would be interested to learn of which 'worlds' you're thinking of. I've heard of folk believing that other worlds or even another creation of people on this Earth, exist, so am always watchful of any true, biblical references that can support these theories.

Yes Johnny, you've understood this verse well. The point was that if we are genuinely concerned for another (whether a homeless person, a minister of God's Word, a poor friend or relative), we will do it quietly, even inconspicuously, because our motive is from love & that the praise from that needy person, goes to the Lord for touching some heart to help another one out. By alerting others to our 'good, generous acts of love' may indicate a false or dual motive for giving, to which the Lord says that you will not receive the praise of God.

Though I think that from your experience the Lord's sees your conviction over this matter & the lesson you've learned, so that God's blessings will be multiplied to you for your consideration of others in the future. Blessings.

This act of deciding on Judas' replacement may seem ominous. But this was simply another way of showing how they arrived at their decision after coming together & in prayer. It would be like us casting our vote for a political candidate - they cast their vote for one of two candidates, but the "lot" (the final count, which may well have been the full count) fell upon Matthias. So Matthias was to be accepted as a worthy & equal apostle as the other eleven.

The 'worlds' are the 'worlds of the Universe', i.e. the planets, stars, asteroids, etc. And Jesus was involved in their creation (also see Colossians 1:15-17).

Fornication is not the deciding sin which makes one a sinner or not. All whom you have mentioned, except Jesus, committed sin because they, like us, were born into sin. Romans 5:12: "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned". Not only has sin (specifically, the sin nature) been imputed to all coming into the world, but the fact that we all die (both physically & spiritually) confirms the fact that we are in the process of dying from the moment of our birth. The only reason that Jesus died physically was because He took on humanity & placed Himself in the easy reach of evil men, for the purpose of becoming man's only Way to Eternal Life.

I have yet to meet a family who was able to raise children from birth to adulthood, having not committed sin. We don't need a "Christianity that will teach all people how to not fall", we need to be more vibrant & vigilant in sharing the Gospel to all that they may not fall into the pit of Hell.

And 1 Corinthians 10:8 speaks about the 23,000 who 'DIED', not fell into sin. These were not 'upright' people at all - they were downright sinners altogether & were so judged.

If I could add to the other very pertinent accurate comments given you. You would have read further & your heart should have been comforted to know the circumstances to which this letter was referring to. In a nutshell, the answer is in verse 29.

The writer was agonizing over some Jewish converts (to whom this letter was primarily directed to), who wouldn't let go of Judaism entirely & were in danger of abandoning the faith & reverting back to Judaism. Therefore, the writer took great pains to again explain to them the superiority of Jesus Christ Who gives life & the superiority of Christianity, over the 'old religion' which under Moses' Law only brought death (v 28). One can see the writer's desperate plea to them in verses 19-25. Then, even with all this, the warning went out: "For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins...Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?"

The writer says that if they "sin wilfully after receiving the Truth, there's no more hope". What is this sin being written about, as we know that God is merciful & will always forgive us because of His Son's Sacrifice? The sin that is referred to is of APOSTASY: these converts were on the cusp of rejecting Christ & reverting back to Judaism - if they did, there was no other Sacrifice on offer (nor could be) that they could grab onto for salvation. If Judaism was their goal, then they would perish under the Law's penalty. See Hebrews 6:4-6, where a similar warning went out, of the impossibility to find salvation in any other or of returning back to Christ. If they so despised Christ (10:29) & turned their backs to Him, their end would be fearful.

Alec, these verses are not for you - you can rejoice in being forgiven.

Who is Paul of tartius and what was his purpose .?..

Was he one of the disciples?

Please explain in simple language on psalm 91

Do you believe that man has been making this change? When did this happen, since both the Holy Ghost & Holy Spirit are mentioned throughout Scripture? Or, maybe you sense that the 'Spirit' is in wider use than 'Ghost'? The word "Ghost" means 'Spirit' as you know, so it should not be a problem when either Name is used. What does trouble me, is the wide use of 'Holy' & being associated with other things, e.g. Holy cow/smoke/mackerel/Moses, etc. I do get quite disturbed by this. Do you?

Why do Christians continue to celebrate Christmas on December 25 when it is based on paganism? Why doesn't the church teach why That day was chosen as Jesus' birthday? The truth needs to be taught.

not sure but would this help just happening to be reading this last night.

Ecclesiastes 3:18 "I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts."

Ecclesiastes 3:19 "For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. " Ecclesiastes 3:20 "All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. " Ecclesiastes 3:21 "Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?"

Hi Alec, Sometimes the hardest people to forgive is ourselves, we know all too well our weakness and short comings, I haven't lived a life on drugs but can attest to a lot of short comings that I'm ashamed of and deserve the punishment of hell, but for as great a sinner that I am, I have a greater Savior that suffered on the cross for me, and all I need to do is repent and believe. When you look at the apostles, they spent three years with Jesus witnessing His preaching's and miracles, and yet when Judas betrayed Jesus, they were scattered, and Peter denied him three times. Just because we say that we're Christian and believe doesn't mean that we're not going to ever sin again, but when we do sin, we need to pray for forgiveness. I also believe that in times of doubt or weakness, that the Holy Spirit is there to comfort us and also to convict us through our conscience to keep us on the narrow road to the Cross. When you say you have the feeling of fear coming over you, maybe it's the Holy Spirit, telling you to come back to the Cross, count this as a blessing, because it sound like you're on the narrow road, and He wants to keep you there.

May God bless you on your journey.

Ephesians 2:8 "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:"

Matthew 18:21 "Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?" Matthew 18:22 "Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven."