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It's through the power of the Mighty God that we are more than conquerors!

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. My spirit has really been enlightened. I read the response at least three times and I feel really great at this point with a clear understanding of the word , "asleep" .I will continue of my reading and my walk with Jesus Christ and have confidence to answers questions in my Christian Education class. Thanks again very much God Bless you.

Here also is a suttle example of Jesus not rebuking Saul. Acts 9:4-5 (KJV) And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Now here saul at the time wasn't a believer so when he said who are thou Lord his mind was on God the father, Isn't it strange someone with Paul credentials. a pharisee of pharisees, would ask God "WHO" are thou? and Jesus answered him, " It is I Jesus.

maybe this is the passage that should have been quoted, I hope this helps clears up the conversation,

Mark 13:32 "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father."

Isaiah ch 11, and I sent you a few others but ran out of space on my former reply. thanks. now some he's going to rule in our hearts and the kingdom has already started, It certainly don't seem like that logic is working for them today does it, Now you just opened the door for a theology thats out of this universe, here comes the copy and paste ministry.

This is a powerful line of prayer!

Revelation 20:4 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Revelation 20:1-15 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. (Read More...)

Revelation 20:7 - And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

Isaiah 2:2-4 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, [that] the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. (Read More...)

Isaiah 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust [shall be] the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

Matthew 19:28 - And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Zechariah 8:3 - Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.

Zechariah 14:16 - And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Revelation 5:10 - And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

Daniel 2:44 - And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never b

some people say that praying in the Spirit means praying in tongues, is this true?

John 20:28, "And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God". Neither did Jesus rebuke Thomas for saying what he did, in recognizing that Jesus was indeed the Son of God & the One Who came out of God. And his exclamation was not one of surprise but of affirmation when He finally realized Who this Jesus is & the sin of doubt that he carried.

I would like to enroll in a bible study class. Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks Rod, You're welcome, have a blessed day

Hi Steven, sorry for such a late reply. I Prayed for you tonight and will continue to pray for you. feel free to open up on this site there is a lot of guys here that I'm sure that will love to help you God bless you

Where in scripture/scriptures does a kingdom on Earth be jjustified? I strongly attach myself to a pre-rapture theology.

It's a heresy invented 300 years after the scriptures of the New Testament. Many believe it and are confused among themselves about it .

To Jf on the "rapture ". Please show me in God's Word where the "rapture" is written. Look up John Nelson Darby from 1830 where you'll find the beginnings of the man-made rapture doctrine. Let His Word lead you into all truth.

Hi M

I totally agree with you on the God the Father, God the Son and Holy Ghost, my apology my reply was meant to Alex, error on my part.

I'm not sure I understand your question, but perhaps these verses are what you're looking for.

Acts 13:52

John 16:7

I am in the same boat with you, I will not stop praying because our Father is the only one that can take this away. God Bless you in every aspect of you mind, body and soul! Remember......He never leave, we leave him!

Even at the end of time, Jesus will still be there for them and us. I see Jesus' promise there in verse 20, as a description or an expression of the extent of His Love & Presence with them: even though the heavens & earth pass away, His devotion to His Church will never fail. Nothing can separate us from His Love. Romans 8:38,39.

Exodus 24:9-11 did say that the 74 people did see God, but what did God reveal to them about Himself? "There was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness." That's all they saw - what God chose to reveal to them.

Even Moses when He asked God to show him "His Glory", God obliged saying, "I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen." ( Exodus 33:19-23).

So you will need to discern how God manifested Himself to some people & what they saw & understood from that sight. Was the sight sufficient to satisfy their anticipation & hope? I doubt they were disappointed, rather, overwhelmed & left in awe & fearful at this revelation.

Just from what you've shared, your husband did absolutely the right thing to protect you & defend you from another's verbal abuse. The instruction to husbands is to "love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it" ( Ephesians 5:25). Such must his love for you even to laying down his life for you, as Jesus did for us.

But if you're in trouble for what took place, I can't be certain what your bosses have understood from the altercation. They may have sided with the perpetrators because of what your husband did, or maybe they expected that they should be notified first before other action was taken - I don't know. Whatever it is, the matter should be fully brought up to your bosses & clarified, even with the offending party brought in. If your boss overlooks this, then I'm afraid that either he is complicit to the other party or he's certainly not skilled in people management.

Whenever we as Christians suffer wrongly, whether for our faith or even in a work situation as yours, ultimately we have to leave the matter in God's Hands, & "suffer the wrong". Man may fail or hurt you, but God has seen it with His Eyes & will care for you & ultimately defend you. The Apostle Paul wrote about a matter of one believer taking another to court over a matter ( 1 Corinthians 6:6-8). Even though your situation is not the same, the truth is there: when there's a matter that is unjust to us & even if your bosses look at you in a bad light, Paul indicates that we should just take the wrong & not perpetuate the matter, maybe making it worse. If you're treated badly or lose your job over it, then you can trust God to take care of you.

In 1 Thessalonians 4:13-15, the word "sleep" is a euphemism for 'died'; because that's how God sees the dead - just temporarily asleep waiting for the resurrection, whether to be with God or going to hell. When Jesus comes for His Church, both the living & dead Christians will rise to meet him, but the dead will rise first. The Apostle Paul was encouraging the Thessalonian Church about this matter, since many were believing (& were in distress) that those Christians who had already died & were buried would miss out being received by Jesus coming for His Church. You can also read from 1 Corinthians 15:51-53, where Paul gave a similar instruction to the Corinthians. So his instruction was a comfort to them that when Jesus comes, all who believe in Him, will be raised up to meet Him & be with Him forever. None shall miss out - only those who have rejected Christ or those who may be good Church-going people but who have never been born again by God's Spirit will be left behind.

So, it's so important that people hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that He gave His Life for our sins so that by putting our faith in Him, God can forgive us & accept us as His children into Heaven. Without Jesus, there's no hope to get right with God - man has tried over the ages to find that peace with God & has trusted in religion or his philosophies to get him there. But the only way is through Jesus, the Son of God, who said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." ( John 14:6). So if we come to God through Jesus, then one day, maybe soon, He will come for us to bring us to God. And by the way, that's a nice useful Bible you're using - spend much time reading it & asking God to help you understand it and live it.

God gave man His Gift that which He John4:24 holy spirit i.e. Spirit of truth i.e. The comforter.

I absolutely agree.

A very wise and simple truth for a much better world,

thank you

Yes Jesus is the way to God .

Read gospel of John anyone that is interested in this all important subject of Jesus and the Father .

Chapter 12 to chapter 17 , may the Lord find you and reveal the truth to you , we all are still learning . Press on !

Hi Sophia,

There is much depth to this subject, and you can learn how to defend the faith by reading the Bible and by reading books or websites on this topic. Your answer depends on who is asking, age, how much they know about the Bible/Christianity already, if they seem genuinely open or are just ready to attack your beliefs, how much time you have, if there's distractions, etc. There's also countless logical fallacies that are commonly used to attack Christianity, but if someone isn't aware of them, some might be blindly accepted instead of called out. Here's what I do for example:

1: Why should I believe in God?

2: Why shouldn't you?

1: There's no proof, you can't see Him

2: Actually there's tons of proof. Can you prove He DOESN'T exist?

1: Yeah, but why would you believe in something you can't see?

2: Are you assuming that if you can't see it, that it must not exist?

1. Yeah.

(flip who is leading the questions)

2. So, do you love your parents?

1. Yeah of course

2. So, prove it. You just said if you can't see it it doesn't exist, and you can't see love, so using your logic does that mean you don't love your parents?

You can go all kinds of directions with this, but the key is to address and counter each false assumption. Back to creation/evolution.

1. Why don't you believe in evolution?

2. Because there's no scientific proof of it.

1. Yes there is, there's tons.

2. No, there isn't. No one has ever witnessed one species evolve into another. It has NEVER happened, and no one has ever witnessed it.

1. Yeah, but look at all the similarities. The DNA.

2. So, are you assuming that if something has similarities that it must have 'come' from it?

(flip who is leading questions)

2. So, a unicycle has many similarities with a bicycle and a motorcycle. It has very similar 'DNA'. With your logic is, does that prove that a unicycle evolved into a motorcycle?

1. That's different.

2. What if it's not different? They were each designed and created.

2. The problem is that you exist with more advanced features than anyone can imagine and your best explanation is that an explosion from nothing created you. Your interconnected systems show proof of intelligent design. So, where you intentionally designed or accidentally designed from an explosion from nothing? How often do we see advanced designs come from random explosions? No one has ever witnessed that. Since it's never been seen, and since it doesn't follow the scientific method, and since it violates the laws of thermodynamics, I think it takes more faith to believe in that to believe I was intelligently designed.

Etc.

Does it tell you in the bible if the mark of the beast happens before the rapture ?

If so, where is it at in the bible ?

If someone asks me why they should believe in God instead of evolution or something that is ungodly what should I say? In the situation of them asking me how, How did God come about and me telling them no one knows? What should I say?

Comments by Alex about the Sower and his seed which answers to that great Promise that Christ wd be multiplied as the stars of heaven thus he will sire heavenly Children which are spirits a baby CHRIST, Thats y he has to know us they don't call him the bridegroon for nothin he wants to multiply himself in HUMANITY with his Word the seed of the Kingdom. Thats y he is saying these things are HID FROM THE WISE AND PRUDENT but revealed unto Babes our fruit from his seed the Word a baby God . That which is born of the spirit is spirit as god is spirit .Remember God ALMIGHTY swore by himself when he made that great PROMISE OF MULTIPLICATION. And thats is y the woman in Rev. 12 is giving birth after the book is opened AND THE CONTENTS OF THAT BOOK ARE THE LIVING WORDS, the seeds of the sower the words of God that new covenant, thats y they sang a new song. Many prophets and righteous men have desired to see the things you see and hear the things you hear but heard them not Hear ye there fore the parable of the sower and his seed. I will open my mouth in a PARABLE and utter things hid from the foundation of the world. ( the babes and sucklings ) The children of PROMISE his offspring via his seed our new heart and new spirit . Ya gotta realize that he reproduces after the God kind simply b/c his seed is the living WORD K