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Amen brother,

God bless,

RLW

Hello Ronald,

Thank you for taking the time to read my work. I'm happy to hear that the things I am sharing are helpful. I do wish that the person who asked me to do this was still here. My whole intent was to point out some variations/differences that I have found between the Greek text and our English translations. This is what I was asked to do by a user on this forum. As long as you and a few others are still following along, I will continue to press on through the book of Revelation (Lord willing).

Thank you for your kind words of encouragement. Like you, I also miss the discussions. I know we have a different understanding between the Great White Throne Judgment and the Bema Seat Judgment. I think we may have discussed that one before.

I agree about the 1,000-year reign where some will be saved, and others will still continue to reject Christ. It amazes me how anyone can live in such a perfect world during that time period and at the end still choose to reject Christ.

I do find it interesting that you believe the new city is made up of each believer's stone. I've never heard that before. I have no opinion on that one way or another, but I do find it thought provoking.

Again, thank you so much for your message my brother. I do hope and pray that the Lord will continue to give each of us that hunger and desire for His word in order that we might come to know Christ more and more each day and that His perfect will for our lives be carried out.

Blessings in Christ!

Yes Ronald, I, too, miss and wonder about those who with us here but have not been here in awhile. I pray for them and would be blessed to hear from them all again. Yet, I trust that they are walking in God's will and way as He keeps them from falling as He does for us, too.

As to discussions. I have been so very blessed by the discussions on this site. I have learned so much from others and mostly from going back into Scriptures to refresh my learning about topics. I hope that the discussions on varied topics will pick up soon. I am preparing to post the next segment of what I posted last month on God's will and man's will. It will be about God's holiness, righteousness and purity as it relates to His actions towards sin and sinners. I am nearly done composing it in a Word doc so I can review, revise, and add to it with future topics related to the idea I have that stems from a posting between Chris and I a while back. I pray that I will write well and accurately as a reflection pf what the Scriptures teach. I value your prayers on this, if you would be so kind.

We are doing well. Still waiting to get started on the stair railings very soon. Should hear from Eric about upcoming time frame.

Thank you GiGi,

I hope all is going well for you and your family. I still read all the posts and my prayers are still for this site and those on it. I miss the discussions and the brothers and sisters that use to post here.

In love God bless,

RLW

"Let the words of my mouth"

The Lord hears us when we praise him. He is worthy to be praised.

Malachi 3:16,17_

..."And they that feared the Lord spoke often to one another:

and the Lord was listening, and heard it,

And a book of remembrance

was written before him

for them that feared the Lord and thought upon his name."(kjv)

May God continue to bless us all. Amen!

Lord, help us to be faithful and obedient to You. May we be ready to follow closely to Your word and worship You in truth and in spirit.

Bless the new leadership in D.C. to look to the LORD JESUS CHRIST for wisdom and courage to do that which is right in Your name. May all the people of GOD serve You in prayer, giving, and studying of Your word. Grant unto us the courage to repent and seek Your forgiveness daily.

Merry Christmas to all! GOD to shine HIS face on all who love HIM and look forward to HIS coming.

December 5, 2024.

Yes, Amen! That is really powerful. It's similar to Psalms 18:6 Link .

Hey Jesse,

I read all your posts, thank you for continuing they are helpful, seems there have not been many discussions lately. In your part 29 every one of us shall give an account of himself and you gave a very good description of the fire we also see in 1 Corinthians 3, I had a dream about that once.

I understand many believe the white throne judgment is only for the lost and the Bema seat judgment of Christ is for all that is saved. My understanding we see those in the first resurrection and Revelation 20:4 judgment is given to those who will reign with Christ in the millennium.

There will be 1000 years and there will be those who accept Jesus and those who will not as we see when Satan is released from the bottomless pit, he goes out to deceive again and we see when they go up to and surround the camp of the saints their number is as the sands of the sea. People will die during these 1000 years.

Jesus's reign is to be until all enemies are destroyed, 1 Corinthians 15:25-26 and we see that the last enemy is death, death along with the grave is cast into the lake of fire, Revelation 20:14 and in 20:15. My understanding the second and last resurrection, those who were not in the first resurrection will be judged in the white throne judgment and whosoever was not found in the Book of Life will be cast into the lake of fire, then the new heaven and the new earth.

In part 30, well done; I see these precious stones and what they are building that may be almost finished, Revelation 21:9-27 and I believe this new city is made up of each believer's stone.

Thanks again brother

God bless,

RLW

I love the verse for today.

Praise the Lord. Truth is, God knows our heart. However, God needs to hear the words of confession come past our lips. He hears our voice out of his temple and responds accordingly.

II Sam. 22:7___KJV

"In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears."Amen, Amen, Amen.

(Romans Part 30):

Romans 14:19 - Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

The word edify comes from a Greek word (OIKODOMES) that is actually a construction term that means to build a house. Some people use the phrase "Building one another up," but they use it in a sense of emotionally, or psychologically building people up. But it has to do with construction.

In 1 Corinthians Chapter 3, it says that the foundation that is laid is Jesus Christ. He says to take heed how you build, either wood, hay and stubble, or gold, silver, and precious stones. Which is it? Take heed that the material that you are building upon that foundation. That's edification. That's development. Building a house!

Another reference is given to us at the end of Ephesians Chapter 2. Paul says that we are all, both Jew and Gentile, we are being built up unto a spiritual house, to house the Lord.

Peter, in 1 Peter Chapter 2 talked about "We're living stones being developed unto a spiritual house, Jesus Christ being the chief conerstone." So, with that metaphorical picture, we realize that whatever each of us has to go through, our "stone" so to speak, is being shaped to fit in with the other stones in this building.

(Romans Part 29):

Romans 14:10 - But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

I have shared this in the past, but I thought I would mention again that this little phrase "judgment seat" is the word BEMA. It is the Bema seat, not the Great White Throne Judgment of Revelation Chapter 20. Every believer will go through a judgment. No believer will stand at the Great White Thone Judgment.

But every believer will pass through the fire. That's not hell. That's our own little judgment and the foundation that we all have is Christ. Some are going to build upon that foundation with wood, hay, and stubble. And others with gold, silver, and precious stones. And as we pass through the fire, whatever burns is not of Christ, and it's gone. And after the fire, whatever is left, that's our reward!

Romans 14:15 - But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

But if your brother be grieved with your meat, you are no longer walking according to love. That's the literal translation. Do not destroy with your meat, the person for whom Christ died.

Romans 14:16 - Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

The word good (AGATHOS) has to do with the good of Christ, Spiritual good. But the evil spoken of is the word BLASPHEMEISTHO, (Blasphemy). Even if I can find scripture that backs me up to say I can do what I'm doing and it's not wrong, if I offend a brother or sister that doesn't understand, I am responsible for that.

(Romans Part 28):

Romans 13:14 - But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

The word provision in Greek means to think and plan ahead of time. Wow, does that strike home? My whole life, that's all I've done. My flesh says, "Man, you had me working for many years, all year long 8 to 5? We haven't had any time off. I think you need to travel around the world. That's what I think we need to do."

And I'm thinking that sounds great. But is it plans to follow the Lord? Is it plans to present my body as a living sacrifice to Christ? Or am I making provision for the flesh? And by following that, is it taking me away from the things of Christ? Very urgent, very serious message!

Romans 14:1 - Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, and that's a command to receive the one who is weak in the faith, but not to doubtful disputations. Now we are to receive him, but not to doubtful disputations.

Doubtful is the word judgment in the Greek text. And the word disputation, DIALOGISMOS, where we get our word dialog from, is translated opinion.

Receive him, but not judging of opinions. In essence, we're focusing on believers not being able to see eye to eye on opinions. These are called non-essentials, non-essential issues, not pertaining to what the scriptures say, and not pertaining to moral issues. These things are addressed in God's word.

But we are to receive one another even though opinions might differ. We're not talking about beliefs. We're talking about opinions. The weaker brother or sister, they will have some opinions about what's right and wrong.

Romans 14:2 - For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

For one believeth that he may eat all things: and another, who is weak, eats only vegetables. Lachana is the Greek word and it means vegetable. So, the word herb is the word vegetable.

(Romans Part 27):

Romans 12:10 - Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

The term "affectioned" is a term for family love. Have an affection for your brothers and sisters in Christ as family, as PHILADELPHIA, brotherly love. And you show it by honoring them by preferring others ahead of yourself.

Romans 12:12 - Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

Praising in hope, patient in tribulation; and continuation in prayer, continuing to rejoice in the hope in Christ. The word patient is HUPOMENO. It means to remain under in difficult circumstances. And continuing, that is, not leaving off in prayer.

Romans 12:13 - Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

Distributing to the necessity of saints; The word distributing is the word Koinonia for fellowship. It means to identify, be at one with the needs of the saints, especially given to hospitality.

In those days, it was a bad place for Christians to stay at the Inn, the local motels, which were nothing but brothels. And so, as the Christians were passing through, they would seek out Christian fellowship and Christians would take them into their homes and give them a place to stay for a day or two or a night or two. So, be at common, be at one with the needs of the body of Christ, with the saints.

Romans 12:14 - Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

The word bless EULOGEO is where we get our word eulogy from. Speak well of them. Speak well back to them. Don't get caught up. If they want to speak some way to you, let them. Don't get caught up in the destructive process. You bless and curse not. The word curse doesn't mean to swear. It means to wish destruction on somebody. Don't wish them the worst. Eulogize them.

(Romans Part 26):

Romans 12:9 - Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

It says let love be without dissimulation. What in the world is that? First of all, notice that the word "Let" is in italics. So, you can scratch that. There's no command here. And the word dissimulation is the old English word for hypocrisy. As I have shared before, HUPOCRISIS, the Greek word for hypocrisy is a word for an actor who is speaking according to the script.

A person in a religious circle can be a hypocrite. They learn how to answer according to the script. They just learn all the terminologies, and how to say praise the Lord, and how are you doing, but there's been no transformation. There's been no change, no sign of life!

So, if we put this all together, there are only three words here. The love without hypocrisy. That's all it says. It's a statement of fact. Love is without hypocrisy. Love doesn't have hypocrisy in it at all. There's no acting in love. Love doesn't act. In fact, I have come to learn to not like the term act when you are talking to another Christian. "Well, you're not acting like a Christian."

You don't want to tell people that because then they are going to try and act like one. We're not supposed to act like Christians. We're supposed to be Christians. You're either the real thing or you're not. You either have Christ in you or you don't. Love (Agape love) is without hypocrisy. There's no acting. It's the real thing!

All of these things in the rest of the chapter are connected with the statement "Love is without hypocrisy." The first thing about corruption, it says Abhor that which is evil; and cleave to that which is good. Agape love, the love of God, abhors, detests evil. And the word cleave is the word for glue. Glue yourself to that which is good. How many of us have hated corruption and evil, we can't stand it, and glue ourselves to that which is good?

I will certainly remember you in prayer Richard.

May the Lord continue to bless you.

Richard!

I have been keeping you in my prayers and was just thinking yesterday how I missed you posting here. What a blessing to hear from you again. I will keep praying for your Mom and Dad and you as you face these coming months with them.

Good for them GIGI! A happy home in the Lord is a wonderful blessing. Glad hubby is (carefully) adding light to the home!

Thank you for your encouragements.

Love to you and all!

Carleton and Joyce

1 Corinthians 15:57 KJV

57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ rose from the dead after the third day, and he is God and Father.-Numbers6:24-26 KJV

Jesus saves Luke 19:10 KJV

2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. (first part of verse; second shows resulting results for Asa's behavior).

The whole world is corrupt beyond easure; whether it is what is within men's hearts; or the world system; or the demonic principalities and powers controlling the affairs of men. We have made idols of popular foods; actors and actresses; musicians and our general way of life which we desire to maintain at all costs.

Proverbs 14:34 says Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. Whether it is grandma or her apple pie that brings us comfort only the Lord and those in Him will live forever and things in this life are fleeting. All desires of the flesh of beauty also are temporal along with any material goods that we obsess over. The Kingdom of Heaven is more than eating and drinking ( Romans 14:17) and for some reason the Gospel quote I am having difficulty finding. The point is the Holy Spirit must take over our minds and control our bodies and souls and put to death the old mind; otherwise known as mortifying the flesh ( Romans 8:13). Or as the quote mentioned in church today stated when the demon possessed child was to be healed "Lord help me with my unbelief". ( Mark 9:23 and following verses with anecdote).

Or as the song "How Deep the Father's Love" states in the end of the third stanza. "Ashamed I hear my mocking voice call out among the scoffers."

Those TRULY in the Lord will also recognize when the enemy is falsely accusing them of not knowing the Lord whenever a believer falls into sin or having fallen beyond redemption as another accusation. In my experience I have found that is a common way the Lord reigns me in to realize the sin that I've committed and to once again trust Him so that I am protected from the enemy's strongholds. Never try to outsmart the enemy.

Agape.

It's been a while since my last posting. My mom was diagnosed a few weeks ago with stage 3 going to 4 lung cancer spreading to other areas of her body. Notwithstanding that she has been working with tumeric and pepper as a supplement and there seems to have been some improvement. Her lungs actually aren't that bad (her cancer is in the right side primarily) but so far preliiminary oxygen levels were tolerable. Nonetheless she has opted for home hospice care to supplement the aide that comes in now more or less daily for a few hours while I'm at work. We are in the process of getting someone to work with my dad who has dementia experience.

Needless to say things have been challenging around here; foremost of course with my parents not knowing the Lord. My Pastor said he was driving all day after the service as her 95 year old mom was dying; but she knows the Lord. He has to come back tonight as there are some other obligations so you can keep him in prayer.

This situation has caused at least several people in my church to pray for me on a daily basis; one guy in fact who is retired says he prayer several TIMES a day for me. I have one prayer request my mom is trying to sell one of her cars and since the dealer actually was in an accident when he was returning it a few years back after service we are trying to get a decent deal there; or elsewhere.

I have not really thought about posts here lately. I would appreciate prayer if it is His will anytime soon to resume that; as for the time being I still haven't freed more time for anything but the Sunday service.

Finally as far as often contentious issues with my parents for now the Lord hasn't given me any options for moving out. Mainly I want to be able to continue to be a decent witness and share my faith whenever I can.

Matthew 7:13-14 and like verses are brought to mind. My prayer for myself and others is that the enemy will not succeed in wrecking our witness in these dark days.

SCHOOL BOOK December 1,2024 Hebrews 1:1-9 KJV

COGIC WORSHIP1 Corinthians 15:3-4:Jesus Christ is God that is a motif & descriptor of sonship and creation and

Divinity.I Worship a God that is God and Word of significant and of all IMPRINT and seal of God's nature. A God that you can do all things through his son- Philippians 4:13KJV.

Carleton,

My sons helped with the cooking and daughter in law made wonderful dessert.

A drive up a river canyon can be so refreshing. Did that with friends I visited in October. We travelled so far up that we were up on top of the ridge that looked over the river valley and also 360 degree views of the foothills of the Eastern Washington Cascades. Very beautiful to take in.

May your holidays be wonderful. Hubby is putting up lights on the roof today, so I have to stay close in case he needs me.

many blessings to you and Joyce and your whole family as we celebrate our Lord's first Advent in anticipation and hope for His second Advent when our redemption will be fully realized, our adversaries fully vanquished, and His kingdom is fully come on earth as it is in heaven now.

Just a thought:

I Kings 3:25-28

25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

God's wisdom is precious. It is the true guide to peace and prosperity in these strange times.

Sometimes we have to give up "right for the wrong."

God shall reward us. Amen!!!

Hello Jackieboy80

I am sorry to hear that this relationship is going so badly, I will be praying for you and the others involved. I too have family members (siblings) who are hostile to God and to me. The relationship with these three sisters has been difficult for decades. I just decide to be kind to them whenever we are together and to avoid too much contact with them as they are so toxic to me and a few of my brothers. These relationships do try us, but God, as you said so well, is who we lean on and rely on and desire to please more than any others in our lives, some of whom just cannot be pleased no matter how kind we are.

May your holidays be filled with the wonder of the Son of God humbling Himself to become man yet still being all God. He did this to save us who have been given faith to believe in our Lord Jesus unto salvation that lasts forever.

Hi GIGI, Happy Thanksgiving weekend! I am sure you carry the brunt of the Holiday your way and I believe the food was good! The new Kitchen sounds wonderful and I am sure it made the day great dun. We are well and happy. Joyce and I just took a drive up our river canyon nearby and now I am a little dizzy from the blurry eye thing but not too bad. I wish there could be a King James Potluck somewhere someday where many could meet each other. Maybe in Australia? :)

I hope you and family are feeling good. God bless you in this wonderful walk in our Lord!

Carleton

Good evening brother Spencer, I hope you are feeling better by now!

God bless you.

Carleton

Brother Jesse.

Very well put!

"This word "fitted" is what's called the middle voice in Greek. That is, the vessel itself made itself a condition of a vessel for destruction. Nowhere in the text does it ever say God makes a good vessel for a vessel of destruction"

Blessings!

(Romans Part 25):

Romans 12:7 - Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

Or ministry, which comes from a Greek word that means serving, let us wait on our ministering:

If you are a server in the body of Christ, you serve people, and it has to do with people's physical needs in the body of Christ. Deacons in the church are an extension of the pastor, because he cannot study and pray and prepare to give the word and try to handle all the physical needs of the people in the church. And just as a side note, the word deacon originally in the Greek language meant a waiter of tables.

Romans 12:8 - Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

Encouraging: Or he that exhorteth, and that's what exhorting means, it means to encourage. Or he that exhorts, let him stay in his exhortation:

Giving: He that giveth, let him do it with simplicity. The word simplicity in Greek means singleness of motive. That is, you give for one reason and one reason only, because the Lord is laying on your heart to give. So, the one who gives, let him do it with a singleness of motive!

Leading: He that rules, and it means the person who stands up front, leadership, let him do it with diligence; and that means top priority. Don't be slack. Leading and ruling has to be your top priority.

And then showing mercy: He that shows mercy, let him do it with cheerfulness. This Greek word HILAROTETI is where we get our English word hilarity from. Have mercy on people with hilarity, you know? It's like giving and enjoying every minute of it. I love those kind of givers that think it's hilarious. Other people probably think they're nuts!

(Romans Part 24b):

Expression of grace means the ability and capacity that God's Spirit has, and anytime He does anything it is called CHARISMA, expression of grace. Having expressions of grace that differ according to the grace that is given to us, those are our functions. So, he's explaining that we're all one body.

Just like one physical body has many members to it, so also does the body of Christ have many members, but we're all one. And we function differently based on the grace of God that is ministered in us and through us.

So, he gets to the performance of ministry and he lists 7 things. These are areas of ministry, not gifts, but areas. First of all, in the performance of the body of Christ, he mentions prophecy. He says if it is prophecy, let us prophecy according to the proportion of faith; again, faith that's been measured. The word prophecy means to speak the word of God. So let us prophecy according to the proportion of faith that's given to us. In other words, don't go beyond that.

(Romans Part 24a):

Romans 12:4 - For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

He says the physical body has many members, for as we have many members in one body, we have different functions, and all members have not the same office: The word office in the Greek means function.

Romans 12:6 - Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

Without getting into a long dissertation on the gifts of the Spirit, I want to share a few things with this verse. First, the word grace is the Greek word CHARIS. The word gifts is the word CHARISMA. All that means is that the word gifts as in "gifts of the spirit" which is a term only found one time in all the bible. In all the other places, where you see "gifts of the spirit," gifts is in italics. In 1 Corinthians 12, it is talking about the capacities and the abilities of the Holy Spirit. But "gifts" means expressions of grace. It comes from grace. That's what it means.

CHARIS with an MA on the end is called a ma noun in the Greek, and it has to do with the expression of something. So, if it is CHARIS, it is grace, and CHARISMA is the expression of grace. Whenever God expresses Himself, that's a gift. Gift in the Greek text doesn't mean the same thing as gift means to us in the English. It has nothing to do with God giving us a gift. That's a completely different Greek word and the only time that word is used is for the Holy Spirit.