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Hello, there's nothing in the Bible saying to not use a musical instrument, but it does say the opposite. David played the harp: 1 Samuel 16:23

Psalm 150:3-4 - Says to worship with trumpet, harp, psalms, timbrell, stringed instruments, organ.

Instruments will be in heaven too- harps. Rev 15:2-3

It says worship in spirit and truth: John 4:23.

Playing an instrument is like serving and sometimes is hard to focus on worshipping God. But the same thing can happen if you're the leader singing, or if you're in audience reading notes or spacing out. So, I think there's a case for each where we need to make sure its done in spirit and truth and done to glorify God, not ourselves or some other purpose. God bless...

Why is it important to learn about the bible

Dear Rick,

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What is rapture and the second coming of Jesus christ

Hi, In John Chapter 14 , Jesus refers to the Comforter as the Holy Spirit and it's relationship to God the Father and to himself. The desire to know the Holy Spirit is a good desire.

Carleton

I have a question concerning musical instruments in our worship today.. I have read and study one view on this and it is something that I have never studied before and had never even heard in all of my church going years. There are those who believe that instrumental music is not authorized for the New Testament worship of God today. I have read all the scriptures supporting this but it has come from one source. What is your commentary on this subject and do you have scripture to validate your stand? I have read the new Testament and have not found the use of musical instruments mention when the disciples gathered to worship. How did it come to be acceptable in our worship services if it was not authorized by God for his worship to him according to the gospel of Jesus? I would just like to hear another view on this subject but know that we are worship God in spirit and in truth. We are to do the will of God, and not what is pleasing to us. When we gather together for worship we are to worship according to His purpose and by his authority, according to the New Testament. The Israelites were commanded to worship with music in the Old Testament, but no mention of instruments were mentioned in the new Testament.

I'd like to know why astrology is frowned upon but explains the Bible better than any pastor ever could?

Our reasonable service in self denial allows for many Holy Blessings.

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Hi Caleb, us is plural, because the trinity is one God but in 3 persons or personalities. Link

Us refers to what? More gods?

Amen.God is real and his name is Jehovah his only son Christ Jesus our/my saviour our lord,we are God's creation in his image and likeness men and women,with free will to design our future through fearing God and having the faith that He can change any situation to better one;however the situation is it ever possible with Jehovah's real servants,all the glory to Him only not to our selves;the one to avenge is God only don't avenge for yourself if you do He will get angry and discpline you and your generation together;get and be angry no problem but never let full day finish in your anger because if you allow that to happen you will act badly after;take the law in your hands and avenge for yourselves,to God Jehovah alone be the glory not to us oh God.

Holy ones, yes; they're the same as the people who have chosen to live true in Christ, whole heartedly in Him and not partial. These are below an excerpt from the book Holiness by J. C. Ryle, from a chapter called Holiness; which are very helpful 1-7:

1. Holiness is the habit of being of one mind in God, according to how it's described in Scripture. It is the habit of agreeing in God's judgment, hating what He hates, loving what He loves, and measuring everything in this world by the standard of His Word.

2. A holy man will endeavor to shun every known sin and to keep every known commandment.

3. A holy man will strive to be like our Lord Jesus Christ. He will not only live the life of faith in Him and draw from Him all his daily peace and strength, but he will also labor to have the mind that was in Him and to be conformed to His image ( Rom. 8:29). Christ was a faithful witness for the truth; that He came not to do His own will; but His Father's will.

4. A holy man will follow after meekness, patience, gentleness, patience, kind tempers, government of his tongue.

5. A holy man will follow after temperance and self-denial.

6. A holy man will follow after charity and brotherly kindness

7. A holy man will follow after a spirit of mercy and benevolence towards others.

The greatest misery of a holy man is that often when he would do good "evil is present with him"; that the old man is clogging all his movements and, as it were, trying to draw him back at every step he takes ( Rom. 7:21). But it is the excellence of a holy man that he is not at peace with indwelling sin, as others are. He hates it, mourns over it and longs to be free from its company. The work of sanctification within him is like the wall of Jerusalem-the building goes forward "even in troublous times" ( Dan. 9:25).

Psalm 81:10 "I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it."

Dear Sir As for this verse my Pastor interpret as 'When we pray and worship, we must take off mask, our mouth and face must never be covered before God...it's our mouth that will open before Him and He will fill it.

Was he right? I find it is a bit distorted here. Please help. Thank you and God bless.

What is the Holy Spirit or did this come about?

Amen. God Bless!

In life, we go through many trials and tribulations, seen and unforseen.... So when I read this scripture " I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh from the LORD. I know "Father God" hears my cry, listens to me when I talk.... And shields and protects me, family, friends etc., UNCONDITIONALLY!

Hi Mishael, I have only heard this song sung by our little Christian School nearby. It has been at least three or more years already. Thankfully I asked for a copy at the time. I will when I can look up the song you mentioned and give it a listen!

I feel the Holy Spirit drawing near to our discussion. If we let Him, he will make us more alike.

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Comments by Alex on John 2 The third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. But that 1st wine was Not the best wine and they ran out out that wine,The best wine was not till the 3 rd day 2 days later the 3rd day are we not in the 3rd day now. Has not 2000 years gone by. 2 days in the sight of God.At Pentacost the wedding was started they were all intoxicated with that spritual wine but the early Church ran out of that wine,God found fault with the 7 churches in Asia. Even Paul said when that which is perfect is come that which is done in part will be done away with. Paul writes to some saying i hear there is divisions among you. All thru the bible its always the 2 nd that is perfect,It was the 2 nd time that JESUS prayed for the blind man that he saw clearly, the 1st time he cd not see clearly. No body can see clearly under the 1st church doctrine, even Paul said he saw like thru a glass darkly impling a better vision is coming with the 2 nd anointing, the 2 nd wine was the best wine not the 1st wine. That image in dan. 2 was full of parts denominations etc .Tv preachers teachers tv evangelists, A CIRCUS. BEGGING FOR MONEY. All these parts answer to the gold ,the silver. bronze etc. The image had no life just like modern day christianity. The image is a perfect description of Jesus describing the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION that was coming.Thats y Micah 5 is saying there fore shall he give them up till she that is in travail has given birth which is the woman in Rev 12 that is giving birth to the manchild that is gonna rule all nations,God so loved the world etc he is gonna pour out of his spirit on all flesh his spirit being the living word th seed of the sower, The contents of the book in the fathers right hand that is that stone cut without mans hands. Who shall abide the day of his coming,Who shall stand when he appears for he shall be as a refiners fire ( his baptism of fire w th H.G.) and fullers soap. MALACHI, Jesus tells us he will raise them up. gb

Thanks Mishael! It seems most people who we interact with here are all ready familiar with the scriptures.

Ephesians Chapter 6:12

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, agaist spiritual wickedness in high places.

13 Wherefore take the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand.

14 Stand therefore , having your loins girt about with the truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

15 And your feet shod with the gospel of peace.

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helment of salvation.

These scriptures are the faith delivered to the hearts of Jesus Children (like the song), we and I are His little lambs and we will not fight carnal battles here in earth, we will fight spiritual battles even in our own flesh, yet with this Breastplate of Love and faith we are prepared in preparation for the Gospel of Peace.

This battle must be fought in love and peace until the end, without carnal weapons until the end.

Be Brave, trust the True Shepard. Sing songs, if we die physically or lose our material possessions or suffer violence in the flesh while maintaining this Gospel of Peace, so be it.

Carleton

Than you brother for your prayers and for loving Jesus. Many blessings to you and family.

Breath of life, keeping believing. The holy spirit is in you. Amen.

ICorinthians 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.

Comments by Alex on Dan. 2 kjv the great Image with the head of gold is the written word of God. All the different parts are Christianity Evangelist,Teachers, Preachers, Pastors etc When that which is Perfect is come that which is Done in PARTS WILL BE DONE AWAY WITH.When the disciples argued amongst themselves which was the greatest Jesus set a child in their mist which was symbolic of the H.G. which is the greatest,unless ya receive the kingdom of God as a lil Child, the manchild that is coming in the last days that is gonna rule all nations.The 2 legs are protestism and catholicsm. The 10 toes are the law, the 2 feet being Judah and Israel after the flesh The Stone that struck them is the seed of the sower the word of God that is gonna be sown in the hearts of every man remember Jesus said the Field was the world, God so loved the world etc. If i belifted up i will draw ALL men unto me. Paul said when that which is perfect is come that which is done in parts ( the image ) shall be done away with. i will give them a new heart and a new spirit the image is gonna become anew creature, his flesh as the chaff of the summers threshing floor. THE STONE THAT STRUCK THEM IS THE LIVING WORD OF GOD WHICH IS NOT MADE WITH HANDS LIKE THE WRITTEN WORD ,SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES ( THE WRITTEN WORDS OF GOD ) IN THEM YOU YOU THINK YOU HAVE ETERNAL.But it is them that testify of me which is the H.G. the living word, My words are spirit and life not paper and ink. 1 is God but the other is a love letter from God. This image answers to Micah 5 that said he wd give them up, ( the early church) till she that is in travail has given birth which is the woman in rev 12 that is giving birth to the manchild that is gonna rule all nations. The early church died out just like davids 1st child died but there was another child in the future that become the child that wd build the temple Solomon which was symbolic of the Comforter the H.G. THAT IS GONA BUILD IN OUR HEARTS. i will raise them again

The "faith" chapter, Paul here is trying to define the indefinable. Is faith simply believing or something more tangible? Faith screeches past belief, as faith is more. It is a bet that the words written in the Bible are explicitly true, past debating. It is one's experience that God, for certain, is a rewarder, and His reward is with Him! In the garden, Jesus' night was full of angst, demonstrating his human side, but he proceded with his teaching mission. Moses endured twice 40 days and nights in supplication to El Shaddai, on behalf of the people who resorted to idolatry. The commandments were necessitated and were put into the Arc. There is no faith without obedience to God!!!

On 1 COR. 6:9

The Word of God is God ( John 1:1) and not for any private interpretation ( 2 Peter 1:20). If it records in Rev. 12:9 that this whole world has been deceived, it did not speak of a particular country, group of people, person or religion, it meant the whole world.

For a better understanding and the 'spiritual truth' what it means to repent, and learn how and by whom ( 2 Cor. 11:13-15) this whole world has been deceived and what mankind must do to be reunited with the true and living God, we invite you to seek Him according to the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive ( Matthew 7:7; John 14:17).

The word 'Repent' in different forms (repent, repentance, repented, repentest, repenteth, repenting), is mentioned 110 times in the KJV, and there seems to be a great misconception what the true 'spiritual' meaning of the word is. The word 'repent' used in the New Testament was translated from the Greek word "metanoeo", and means to change, transform, to think differently or reconsider.

Only through Repentance will God be able to reveal Himself, and adopt you as His sons and daughters ( Rom. 8:15,23; 2 Cor.6:18; Gal. 4:5; Eph. 1:5; Hebr. 12:5; 1 John 3:1) and reveal to you how this whole world has been deceived ( Rev. 12:9) and overcome this world ( 1 John 5:4).

The word 'Repent' means a lot more than what people by nature have been conditioned to believe. It is the key principle of all the teachings of Jesus Christ and the axiom (basis) of the Word of God and a prerequisite and primary requirement for the salvation of mankind. It means the changing of spirits - to turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God ( Acts 26:18).

It is only by revelation of God that people will come to know the true Christ ( Daniel 12:4,9; Amos 3:7; Matthew 16:17; Luke 2:26; Romans 16:25; 1 Cor. 2:10; Gal. 1:16; Eph. 3:3,5; Rev. 1:1). It should be remembered that it is a narrow way that leadeth unto 'Life', and few there be that find it ( Matthew 7:14).

The words in this passage in the wisdom of Solomon are ointments to all souls that seek God with all their might. They are very powerful for the healings of every soul. They are very encouraging and cast away all doubts about the power of the Almighty Lord. The words lead people to know Jesus Christ in the verse that make reference to the water from the flinty rock which point to Him in 1st Corinthians 10.4. Who on this planet earth can take away this powerful scripture from the bible? I leave that to God.

As Christians we are to fight the good fight. Stay in the race... we are to choose good over evil. Our country was founded with our Creator in mind. We are living in perilous times where they are calling good evil and evil good. The main stream media has chosen evil, while lifting up the Democrat party. The Democrat party chooses to kill babies even after delivery. With that said, it is our duty as Christians to fight this evil and get involved by voting against the evil party. Remember... we will ALL stand before a Holy God and answer for our choices that we made in this Life.

Psalms 19:14

I woke up today with this psalms on my heart

We need to be objective to our own selves what we say and do that it's pleasing to the Lord .. but then their are hidden sins which we may not be aware of . That's why we pray ; Lord forgive us our sins the ones we know & the ones we don't know

God bless everyone

I have a cross in my car to remind me that Jesus paid my sin debt, and to remind me to drive Born again.