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Doubtless, remorse of conscience and keen self-reflection are this never-dying worm.
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These texts do not speak of disembodied souls, or spirits, burning.
Christ declared we should “fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell”.
In Mark 9:43-48 Christ quite evidently refers to the same judgment fires as those described in Isaiah 66:24, where we read: “They [the righteous] shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses [“dead bodies,” A.R.V.] of the men that have transgressed against me; for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched.” We are told in so many words that the agencies of “worm” and “fire” are working, not upon disembodied spirits, but upon bodies, dead bodies.
They saw in Hinnom dead bodies being devoured by flames, or if the flames did not reach them, then by worms, those ever-present agents of destruction and disintegration. The fact that the fires of Gehenna were ever kept burning, were “not quenched,” was the surest proof that whatever was cast into them would be entirely consumed. To declare that if a fire keeps ever burning, then whatever is cast into it keeps ever living, is to go contrary both to the evidence of our senses and to the testimony of Scripture. ………. the fire raged until it had devoured everything within reach.
The Bible nowhere says that souls are immortal, but declares that “the soul that sinneth, it shall die.” Ezekiel 18:4
There must therefore be an end to the fire, else this earth could not be re-created. In other words, the very promise of God to give us a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness is contingent upon there being an end to the judgment fires.
Above quoted from site below”
– See more at: http://www.helltruth.com/q-a/their-worm-dieth-not#sthash.JjKPSqGk.dpuf
Not only do Christians have to discern whether it is Jesus at the Second Coming or that Satan [Anti Christ] is deceiving us by coming first to trick people into believing he is Jesus BUT NOW we have to discern if it is our own government trying to deceive us into thinking the 2nd coming has arrived.
The Discovery Channel has revealed that our government [I assume researchers] have been experimenting with faking a 2nd coming with modern technology techniques. They have not succeeded in finding a way to do so yet, but are researching “how to” ideas to see if they would work and be convincing. [At least we are told they have not yet succeeding in finding a working technique.] Object is to trick people into being controllable by said group.
They do not obviously believe in the Second Coming or Jesus, but believe others do believe in it and they can use it to control the masses.
I am amazed!
Faith, trust, conviction, and forgiveness are gifts from God through Jesus via the Holy Spirit. None of these are generated by us, but ARE given to us by God. [Source: In-Touch TV 3/27/2016]
Forgiveness cannot be earned by demonstrations [even sincere ones] of repentance. We ask for forgiveness with sincerity and He forgives us because He wants to do so.
If we backslide or sin, we should ask for forgiveness and accept such from God. If we repetitively sin, we eventually backslide a step at a time until we are so backslid-den that we lose our souls if we do not become convicted and repent prior to death in the flesh.
Yes, pets go to Heaven. I don’t know if all animals that ever existed go to Heaven, but then Heaven is Huge. God has a lot of planets for even the animals who were not pets, if he so desired to provide for them too.
I have several books, which I’ll look up in my closed and list here instead of this line of text. They give scriptures. I have looked up each scripture in context and have studied this issue a lot. Scripture leads me to believe we will see our pets there.
My pets were my children. I had no actual human children. My husband is in Heaven already and he had a favorite couple of cats and a favorite dog. I am sure they are together presently.
I look forward to joining my beloved pets in Heaven as a perk. I am planning on Heaven because I want to be with God in His Kingdom for eternity, but it is a nice perk to be able to see my husband and pets once again. I know that Jesus understood the concept of pets so I know God the Father does too.
Source: Bible Scriptures. There are many articles listing references on the Internet and Articles by Ministers on this topic.
There are many books on the topic. Two are: Biblical Proof Animals Do Go To Heaven by Steven H. Woodward and Heaven by Randy Alcorn
Text chart format, nicely done though. Worth a download.
http://www.millingtonumconthefox.org/oldtest_files/oldtestrev7.html
Old Testament vs Secular History Timeline
Very nicely presented and easy to understand.
4000BC -70AD time period in an easily viewed image.
Amazing Bible Timeline from 4000BC to 1000AD
They offer a hard copy poster for your wall at a reasonable price. [includes more time]
You can also download pdf of what is online 4000BC to 1000AD
Do NOT believe everything the Discovery Channel presents regarding religion. In fact, their inaccuracies regarding God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit and all related topics makes a viewer question their presentations on other things in the world that they present as facts.
Even when they state a concept as held by some, they later in the presentation, present such as fact or in such a way that it implies fact. Often it is not fact, but is someone’s opinion and in error. I don’t know who their experts they are consulting are, but whoever they are, they are NOT of God even remotely.
I often think they are working overtime to negate and degrade God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. These concepts have been around since Jesus appeared on Earth.
The latest presentation that I started to listen to was so far fetched, it was actually stupid-funny.
Jesus was/is/always will be the BEGOTTEN Son of God. He was/is Deity and human combined. He is now in a glorified body still including human and Deity. However God had Jesus born of woman is none of my or anyone else’s’ business. Otherwise, God would have had it specifically stated in the Bible and it is not. Jesus is the anointed of God to fulfill the task appointed to Him, which He did/does/will. Jesus Christ is to be honored, appreciated and thanked as well as trusted, followed, and believed. Why? Because God the Father said so and Jesus His Son said so. It is God’s Plan of Salvation.
John 12:40
God [of this world – Satan] has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts so that they can neither see nor understand nor turn to me to heal them.”
Romans 9:18
18 Therefore, God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden. — 32 Wherefore? Because they [Jews] sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone [Jesus Christ].
[Note: God has mercy on those who accept Jesus as their Saviour according to his Plan of Salvation.]
John 12:40
40 He [Satan] hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I [God] should heal them.
Romans 11:25
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,
[Note: refers to Believers whether Gentile or Jewish can lose their salvation if they do not continue to trust and have faith in Jesus according to God’s Plan of Salvation. Some Jews are saved now but most are not. If Jews are alive in the flesh at the 2nd coming they will have the opportunity to accept Jesus as their Saviour and will do so. Those Jews or Gentiles who die unsaved are lost forever. They get cut off from the vine.]
2 Corinthians 3:14
14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remained the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
[Note: blinded, hardened, and dulled because they rejected Jesus. Accepting Jesus would have removed the vail.]
Ephesians 4:17-19
17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Hebrews 3:13
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
2 Corinthians 4:4 [Full Chapter]
4 In whom the god [Satan] of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
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Conclusion:
Satan and/or individual choice causes hardening, blindness, and dullness toward God. God allowed but did not cause hardening, blindness, or dullness of anyone’s heart.
Is there another point of time one can be saved……..
in addition to the one opportunity when a human is in the flesh [before flesh death] for those who never heard of God/Jesus/Holy Spirit, for those whose eyes were blinded, or for those who received incorrect information and did not receive the truth [that is truth about God/Jesus/Holy Spirit]?
1. Rich man did not have possibility while in Hell to receive even a drop of Living Water. He was told he already received his good things and had his chance to receive the Living Water.
2. Mankind is born with a conscience of right and wrong [even those missing a sympathy gene know right or wrong but they do not care] and therefore God thinks there is no excuse. Humans in the flesh were born [hardwired] with the capability of being aware of God and to seek him out.
3. Mankind can view Earth, space, stars, life on Earth, all of God’s creation and should know that there is a true God over it all and who created it all.
4. Those alive during Great Tribulation can be saved and will be at White Throne Judgement with their name in the Book of Life if they were saved during the Great Tribulation and thus will then receive their glorified immortal body and go into God’s Eternal Kingdom.
5. Those alive and saved during the Millennium will be at White Throne Judgement with their name in the Book of Life and thus will then receive their glorified immortal body and go into God’s Eternal Kingdom. Those who are in the Millennium [other than saints in glorified bodies helping and Jesus and his loyal angels] will be alive flesh humans who survived the Great Tribulation without being killed. God will sort the nations into goats and sheep as well as the people therein and the goats will be sent to Hell to await judgement, punishment, and Lake of Fire while the sheep and people therein will go into the Kingdom Age of the Millennium.
6. Israel’s bones come alive. Israel is brought to God under Jesus’ rule. This refers to those of Isreal alive at the end of the Great Tribulation and at the Second Coming.
7. Some are blinded, hardened, and dulled with a veil keeping them from God’s Salvation. [Some are self-blinded and some are blinded by the God [Satan] of this World/Age.]
8. At the White Throne Judgement, the Books are opened and the Book of Life is opened. The Books are the Books of the Bible and the Book of Life has the names of those who were saved [washed in the blood of Jesus as their Saviour ]. The Books of the Bible will show unbelievers their sins as sins and relate the penalty [death] as the sin for punishment. The Book of Life will indicate that they are saved and receive their glorified body and go into eternity with God’s children. The Bible Scriptures DOES NOT say unbelievers are instructed in Truth [other than to show their sins as sins and why they are being punished and going to the Lake of Fire] or given a chance to be saved.
9. It is better for Sodom than Capernaum at Judgement? Sodom will receive fewer stripes than Capernaum as Sodom did not have the presentation of the Gospel and the Miracles that Capernaum did.
10. Why punish with stripes and then be thrown into the Lake of Fire – why not just judge and terminate?
- Wrath of God [justified wrath]
- Revenge is mine said God. [We flesh humans are not to seek revenge as revenge belongs to God.]
- God promised punishment of sin. [God will keep his promise.]
- Non-punishment Reward to those saved. [Believers will not be punished while unbelievers will be punished.]
11. Luke 13: 25-28 When once the master of the house is risen up and has shut the door and you begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying Lord, Lord, open unto us and He shall answer and say unto you, I know not whence ye are …….. depart from Me all ye workers of iniquity.
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Conclusion:
Note: I was looking at this information with the desired to find something that says that “those who were not given the gospel of salvation” during their flesh life will be given a chance to be saved later. There are lots of countries [between the resurrection of Jesus and now] that have not heard of Jesus and had no opportunity to believe on him.
However, there is no scriptural evidence or implication that such [another opportunity] will be available. In fact, there are many implications scripturally that during flesh-life the only opportunity occurs whether Gospel informed or not.
My aunt became very ill and eventually died of the illness. She was a devote Christian and had great faith that God would heal her. She believed she would be healed through faith and prayer. She continually asked God to heal her. However, she finally came to the realization that God said NO. For what reason no one knowns, but NO it was. That was the day she died. She let God take her instead of fighting Him on the issue.
God can heal anyone He decides to heal. [either immediately or in the long run of his timing] God, however, is not at our beck and call no matter what level of faith we have. We can ask, present our case, and accept his answer. God may have a reason for His NO answer and it might be better for us that He did not grant our request. We cannot demand anything of God. We are to do His Will and not He to do our will.
This blog is a quick view of topics and NOT a verbose presentation of anything. I do not have a skill for literary presentation. There are many online ministries that have fantastic books on these type of subjects. They are specific and verbose presentations. These books often give related information to help explain a topic. It is very very suggested that you purchase and read many of them, but make sure your selection is scriptural based.
TRUE REPENTANCE BY:
- Acknowledging the sinfulness of my heart and appealing to God for a new heart.
- Repenting without regret.
- Taking responsibility for my sin and taking God’s Chastisement and the bad results associated with my sin.
- Changing my purposeful behavior thereafter – WITH GOD’S HELP.
not being conformed to this world, but being transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is [that which is good and acceptable and perfect]. - Revealing true repentance by bearing good fruit.
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NEW HEART INCLUDES:
- A new attitude toward sin
- The desire to not sin and to do God’s Will [NOT in opposition to spiritual]
- A desire to do Good Works and the bearing Good Fruit [fruit of the Holy Spirit]
- A commitment toward divine nature and behavior thereof [with help of Holy Spirit] …… An interest in the new covenant, have a new heart and a new spirit, in order to walk in a newness of life. God would give a heart of flesh, a soft and tender heart, complying with his holy will.
- A new heart by the Spirit, not by the letter ……..the removal of a stubborn heart and giving you a tender, responsive heart. [mind, will and spirit—motive and principle of action].
As I review this blog, there seems to be a lot of stuff to keep in mind to do. However, the only real thing you need to actually do, is trust and believe in Jesus [“in Jesus”] continually and the rest just happens. If you stay “In Jesus” you will be acceptable to God the Father and receive salvation for eternity.
1. Rehearse with God the reasons you trust Him. Tell Him which of His attributes is your favorite right now. Read the praises of Scripture back to Him — begin with Psalms 103:1. Join with another believer in prayers of thanksgiving, and delight yourself in His character.
2. Keep a “joy journal.” Record the reasons you have to rejoice and the reminders of God’s faithfulness that you encounter in your everyday life. In addition, why not press a leaf from your prayer walks into its pages or include a photo of a person that brings you joy each time you remember him or her? Think big — expand your journal into a “joy box” or a “joy drawer” that brings floods of joy each time you open it.
3. Surround yourself with joyful people. Joy is contagious — so build relationships with friends whose lives exhibit their confidence in God. Pray for each other that your joy in Christ would continue to increase.
4. Approach life’s challenges and trials redemptively. God doesn’t waste the difficult circumstances of your life but uses them to develop His character in you. Review Romans 5:1 and James 1:1 for help in processing pressure productively. Joy will sneak up on you when you view your hardest lessons as gifts from God.
5. Make praise and gratitude a habit. Has God met a need? Praise Him! Have your challenges given you greater opportunities to see Him work? Thank Him! Joy flows from a grateful and responsive heart. Before you turn in at night, write down three to five blessings in your “joy journal.” Make it a habit, and watch your joyful attitude grow.
6. Fill your mind with music. Listen to, sing, and meditate on music that draws your heart nearer to God and His Word.
7. Take the long view. Investors advise their clients not to worry about the daily ups and downs of the stock market — what matters is the long view. Does life present incredible challenges today? Are your reserves at a low, or are you enjoying a content plateau? Regardless of today’s events, take the long view. Remember that God remains in charge of your days and will faithfully develop His character in you. Remember, joy springs from viewing the day’s events from eternity’s perspective. Trust that God controls your life’s details (Romans 8:28), that He hears your every request (Psalms 116:1), and that His joy will be your strength (Nehemiah 8:10).
Source: unknown [received this in my email box a long time ago]
Jesus is righteous therefore when you are “in” Jesus you are righteous. Being “in” Jesus is having faith and trusting Jesus.
Our obedience is never well enough as we are imperfect. If we were/are perfect then we were/are not iligible for Grace as we wouldn’t need it. You come to God thru Jesus “just as you are” imperfect. Our obedience is good enough only BECAUSE we are IN JESUS. It is Jesus’ obedience not our obedience that is considered good enough. Being “in” Jesus is having faith and trusting Jesus.
God the Father looks at and considers Jesus' righteousness and obedience not ours. We are accepted as acceptable to God the Father through our Faith and Trust “IN JESUS”.
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Commandments AFTER Grace:
- Put God the Father first in ALL things.
- Love your Neighbor as you love yourself.
If you do these two things, the rest just come about.
Sources: Prince TV show, Swaggart TV show, and In-Touch TV show all had sermons on this topic. This is a composite of what I obsorbed from them.
- Study the Word of God through the Holy Spirit [of God] {guidance, revitalization, and thinking}
- Believe in the unity of the Godhead there are three coeternal and in Sync Persons, the same in substance but distinct in subsistence. God the Father is Supreme and Holy Spirit and Jesus do God the Father’s Will.
- Know that Jesus Christ has Lordship over all things in heaven and in earth and under the earth and that God the Father exalted Him to this position.
- Acknowledge that we are frail and damaged: We are jars of clay, which are particularly appropriate vessels – to highlight the glorious power of God, – as we have none [powers] of our own.
- Recognize, Shut up, Endure, and be Joyful “knowing” God. [paraphrased scripture]. Joyful in knowledge of God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit, knowing that there is a God, that Jesus died/arose for your sins, and that the Holy Spirit lives within you. [recognize = acknowledge problem, consider solutions thru prayer, scripture, physical possibilities, and turning it over to God]
- Be “IN Jesus”. Worship God the Father and have Faith and Trust in Jesus. See Righteous & Obedience thru Jesus note.
- Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
- Obey what you already know to be God’s Will through the scriptures.
- surround yourself with godly advisors.
- His plan for you will always be directly related to the gifts that He has bestowed upon you. The great news is that you will automatically be good at whatever it is that He has called you to do!
- take time to listen to what God might have to say [via ministers, scripture]
- He actually begins to shape your desires so that you desire the things that He has already called you to do.
- God often clearly demonstrates His plan for our lives by lining up circumstances in obvious ways. And He also shows us what His will is NOT for us to do in that same way.
Source: unknown as it is a long term gathering of parts of sermons..
Struggle in the Christian life is inevitable, lifelong, and ultimately beneficial. We encounter God’s grace through our trials in ways that would not happen if the trials had not come in the first place. But how do we see that in our trials? You must be committed to doing whatever it is that He desires for you to do.
1) That God is sovereign and in complete control of the intensity and the duration of your affliction. “I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, “My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose”
2) That God’s love and mercies never cease. The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
3) That Jesus will never leave nor forsake you. Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Heb 13:5
4) That God is with you in your affliction. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. Is 43:2
5) That God hears your every prayer. The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry. Ps 34:15 When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. Ps 34:17
6) That God is using this affliction to make you like Christ. And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. Romans 8:28-29
7) That this affliction is momentary and light compared to the eternal reward it is producing. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison 2 Cor 4:17
8) That Jesus is your sympathetic High Priest who intercedes for you constantly. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to \ul\b sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Heb 4:15 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. Heb 7:25
9) That God is near you in your pain. The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Ps 34:18
10) That Jesus is your refuge, strength, and strong tower you can run to. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Ps 46:1, ESV
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe. Pr 18:10
11) That God has saved you, washed away your sins, and adopted you as his own child. Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Rom 4:7
12) That someday Jesus will wipe away every tear from your eyes and you will see his glorious face.
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. Rev 21:4
Source: unknows [I received the above presentation via email long ago]
- THANK YOU GOD for 12 things!
- Read and Study Bible daily. Scripturely confirm everything.
- Fight Battle of Faith and Trust.-repent & try to change with His help.
- Take up the Cross DAILY — be committed and focused on God. Trust, Faith, obedience are a MUST! Wait for God’s timing. Listen to God, Jesus and Holy Spirit.
- Live your life in all things, events, and situations as the saved child of God – not in the ways of the world.
- Let God handle everything! Turn everything over to him. Do what He tells you to do!
- You were made by God FOR God! [not anyone or anthing else]
- Know that Cats, Dogs, and Believers are in Heaven doing well and contented and living a pleasant life.
- You do not have to defend yourself or convince others that you are a good person or have good intentions. When on trial, Jesus was quiet, but innocent. Often, you must let other’s opinions remain wrong.
- Be contented with what is in your Season of Life. This does not negate working, creation, etc.
- You must DO what God the Father says to do, but HE WILL GIVE YOU the ability and strength to DO it. You must actually physically do what he tells you to do with that given ability and strength.
- It is not what YOU think of you or OTHERS think of you, but what HE [God the Father] thinks of you. HE looks at you through Jesus Christ. Stay “In Jesus”.
- Jesus said it, I believe it, and that settles it!
Meekness = power under control, slow to be provoked, kindness, sweetness, disicipline.
self-control [discipline] vs under total control of God thru the Holy Spirit: God wants you to do what HE tells you to do not what YOU tell you to do. But YOU have the choice to do what HE tells you to do or not.
The Bible gives many instances where we are told to do something or that God expects to be able to do something that we think we cannot actually do. It often seemed that the Bible was telling us that we should have the ability to do something of our own self-control or self-discipline. “We should do thus and so.”
However, what is actually expected is for us to fight the battle of faith and trust and let God give us the strength and power to do whatever He tells us to do. Thus, it is his strength and power used, not our self-power, self-dicipline, or self-strength.
FOLLOW Jesus and you WILL sin no more. [If you are busy following Jesus, you will be doing that instead of sinning as you cannot do both at the SAME TIME.]
To be shut out from God’ s presence and from His power is to be without hope and without love forever.
“A day is coming when Jesus Christ will be revealed. Then you’ll see the full measure of My justice and the full measure of My love. Use this to sustain your faith in a suffering world.”, Jesus said
“You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.” Eph. 4: 22-24
I desire to establish you
with all my heart and all my soul.
Jeremiah 32:41
And I want to show you great and marvelous things.
Jeremiah 33:3
If you seek me with all your heart,
you will find me.
Deuteronomy 4:29
Delight in me and I will give you
the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4
For it is I who gave you those desires.
Philippians 2:13
I am able to do more for you
than you could possibly imagine.
Ephesians 3:20
For I am your greatest encourager.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I am also the Father who comforts you
in all your troubles.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
When you are brokenhearted,
I am close to you.
Psalm 34:18
As a shepherd carries a lamb,
I have carried you close to my heart.
Isaiah 40:11
One day I will wipe away
every tear from your eyes.
Revelation 21:3-4
And I’ll take away all the pain
you have suffered on this earth.
Revelation 21:3-4
I am your Father, and I love you
even as I love my son, Jesus.
John 17:23
For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed.
John 17:26
He is the exact representation of my being.
Hebrews 1:3
He came to demonstrate that I am for you,
not against you.
Romans 8:31
And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19
His death was the ultimate expression
of my love for you.
1 John 4:10
I gave up everything I loved
that I might gain your love.
Romans 8:31-32
If you receive the gift of my son Jesus,
you receive me.
1 John 2:23
And nothing will ever separate you
from my love again.
Romans 8:38-39
Come home and I’ll throw the biggest party
heaven has ever seen.
Luke 15:7
I have always been Father,
and will always be Father.
Ephesians 3:14-15
My question is
Will you be my child?
John 1:12-13
I am waiting for you.
Luke 15:11-32
Love, Your Dad
Almighty God
All the Bible is a Letter from God via the Holy Spirit through selected authors.
Source: unknown
We believe in one God, the Father, eternally existing, who is a Spirit, a personal Being of supreme intelligence, knowledge, love, justice, power and authority. He, through Jesus Christ, is the Creator of the heavens and the earth and all that is in them. He is the Source of life and the One for whom human life exists.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, who is the Word and has eternally existed. We believe that He is the Messiah, the Christ, the divine Son of the living God, conceived of the Holy Spirit, born in the human flesh of the virgin Mary. We believe that it is by Him that God created all things and that without Him was not anything made that was made.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, as the Spirit of God and of Christ Jesus. The Holy Spirit is the power of God and the Spirit of life eternal (2 Timothy:1:7; Ephesians:4:6; 1 Corinthians:8:6; John:1:1-4; Colossians:1:16). — on BeyondToday.tv about page.
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I agree with this statement.
We are FAR into the 5th SEAL.
6th SEAL will have huge earthquakes, vocano eruptions and lots of debris from outer space. AntiChrist appears somewhere within the 6th Seal.
Rev 6:7-19
Fifth Seal: The Cry of the Martyrs
9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.
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Another point that comes to mind is, although religion will flourish during the tribulation period, it will be a Christ-less religious system. I think it is safe to say, at this point in the tribulation period, all indications suggest that all who name the name Jesus will be considered an enemy to those on the earth.
Basic Bible Study Tools:
Bible Background Commentary
Bible Dictionary
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Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
Cross-Referencing Bible
Dictionary of Biblical Imagery
English Dictionary
Interlinear Bible
Maps of Biblical Areas
Study Bible
Taken from The Bible Study
Handbook, by Lindsay Olesberg. Copyright(c) 2012 by Lindsay Olesberg. www.ivpress.com.
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There is a vast difference between demon/Satan possession and human generated mind control. Human mind control includes self-control, and outside groups. Demon/Satan possession includes Satan’s influence, demon posession, and evil spirit influence.
Satan does not do human possession. He tricks, infuences, enhances, twists, confuses, etc. He roams the Earth. He wants you to NOT follow or listen to God or God’s Will. Satan knows your complience has to be of your free-will choice. Both God and Satan adhear to having human’s free-will choice to follow them or not.
Demons/evil spirits possess humans and seem to be incompatible with the human. Demon/evil spirits possession in scriptures and even now seem to create a very bad physical effect on the human body and mind. In fact, the effect on scriptural pigs was fatal to the pigs. Demon/evil spirits don’t seem to need human’s to make a free will choice. However a free-will choice to believe and follow God through Jesus [accepting Jesus as your Savior] terminates demon/evil spirit possession. Jesus often made demon/evil spirits leave the human. If the Holy Spirit [through accepting Jesus as your Saviour] moved in then the demons/evil spirits could not move back in. However, if the human did not accept Jesus as Saviour and receive the Holy Spriit, then the human was empty and the demon/evil spirits could return.
Human mind control [outside-control or self-control] is influence based – either from self or outside groups. The human may or may not realize or know that they are being controled through such influence. Such influence can be either individual or mass presented. Humans often do not ahear to the free-will of the individual. Power and economics are often the goal.
Science, government, military groups are experimenting with different ways of controlling the minds of humans. They are also using college/university students in their experimentation [upon and/or helpers]. Some of the concepts they are working to develope are wicrowave messages, electronic methods of input/output, implantation of devices, sound [heard and sub-hearing], subliminal messaging, input during sleep, misinformation through media, and many other methods.
The people that will ultimately be in control of any successul method will not be the people that are responsible or ethical in behavior or goals. Even if there are good uses for such control of the human being, ultimately the good uses will be turned to very bad usages by bad people — at the very least non-Christian’s with selfish reasons.
Question: How does a Christian “practicing” Believer think and act upon God’s Will instead of the Worldly will? How will the Christain Believer even hear the Holy Spirit with all the interference? How will a human have the capability of free will to make a choice for or against accepting Jesus as their Saviour?
The human being has a difficult time controling themselves without interference from mind control from the outside from human sources let alone from Satan and his followers. A Christian Believer has to overcome the World influences and their own flesh [sin] nature with the help of the Holy Spirit.
If without the knowledge of the human, input successfully changes how that human feels, thinks, or acts, how can that human overcome and not have such happen. If such happens, how can the controlled human deal with it, overcome it, and understand it within the concepts of their Faith and “practicing” Christian beliefs.
Question: So why does outside control oten work on a person without the person’s knowledge or permission or cooperation? even a Christian person. Why is it not recognized as incorrect [contrary to a person’s behavior or God’s desire for that person’s behavior] and overridden by the person being controlled without their knowledge or permission or even with such but un-overridden?
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The people seeking mind control of massive groups of others are considering putting out such control through a massive network of distribution [like radio waves, but not actually radio waves] from distribution points. These people are very open and public about their search for such a method of control and distribution of control. They want to tell such groups how to feel, think, and who to hate or like. They want to consistently override what a person actually thinks or feels without that persons realization or consent.
It is bad enough to have the News, information, pictures, camera angles, video games, movies,music, articles, etc to spin/slant how people think. Massive mind control would be even harder to overcome.
Concepts to Know:
1. God made the human body and how it functions. The functions operate the way they operate for a reason that God had in their creation. Man wants to misappropriate the functioning methods for their own useage even without the permission of the person having their functions misused for other purposes than for which God created them.
2. God controls everything at all times. He has power over everything. He decides for His own reasons as to what He allows or does not allow. [or reprecuctions thereof]
3. God has given you power over all your enemies. Use it. Let it comfort you. [Murry on Shepard’s Chapel]
4. Assumption that you know doctrine and have strong [the level you are capable of having] Faith and Trust in God.
5. God only allows what you can handle.
6. I want the situation to change or stop. God wants the situation to change me or teach me something He wants me to be or learn. I think it is a miracle if the situation changes. God thinks it is a miracle if the situation does not bother or affect me anymore.
7. God always provides a way out of any temptation or bad situation He knows you cannot handle.
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With help of the Holy Spirit:
1. Need to recognize incorrect input or emphasing of a wrong way to feel in significant moments of time. Before
action or reaction occurs.
2. Need to have discipline of conteracting and not giving in when bombarded repetitively with wrong input — even if un-realized or un-heard and even if one is tired or sick.
3. Sometimes wrong input or emphasis might be within the way one is feeling at the time anyway and such input enhances such to a level of a person acting on such when they should not. Need to recognize the enhancement and emphasis or repetitive looping created by outside force and override such with decreasing the level of actual thoughts or feelings.
4. Turn it over to God to handle it ……… Trust Him to handle it ……….. Have Faith and don’t worry about it.
Recognize it, don’t process it, don’t act on it, don’t react to it, and don’t decide about it. Recognize it and turn it over to God for Him to deal with it.
5. God uses all things [even bad things] for your good [if you are a believer/child of God].]
6. Ask God for help in dealing with it [prayer]. Spend more time with God and studying his Word. Trust God completely and absolutely.
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Things:
Phrasing, words/vocabulary, feelings, emotions, little things – silly things, actions, behavior. Things that progress a step at a time.
One still has to often listen to such, but such should not come out of one’s mouth or actions.
murmur
a mumbled or private expression of discontent; to speak in a low tone or indistinctly.
complain
an expression of discontent, regret, pain, censure, resentment, or grief; lament; fault finding:
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Conclusion:
When murmuring occurs in the Bible Scriptures, those murmuring are rejecting God/Jesus and trying to replace him or remove him or his influenence. They wanted to choose a leader to lead them back to captivity in Egypt.
In Heaven, the complaining or the Angels led to the action of trying to overthrow God and replace Him with Saton whom they thought would be a better leader.
When the Jewish Religious Leaders murmured, they wanted to terminate Jesus’ influence on the people and replace Him with their own influence for reasons of power and greed.
When murmur ocurs in the Scriptures, the murmur is against God’s Will and/or against God/Jesus.
We all complain about things and may even find things in Heaven in Eternity that we wish were different; however, such a compaint should NOT be against God’s Will or to replace Him with something else.
You can bring a problem to God and discuss it with Him respectively presenting your viewpoint, but His decision is final and best for you as well as compatible with God’s Will. God knows what is best and considers results, and long term effects which we cannot — now or in eternity.
References:
Bible Search Source:
https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=murmur&qs_version=KJV
Definition of Words:
http://www.dictionary.com
Exodus 15:24
Exodus 16:2
Exodus 16:7
Exodus 16:8
Exodus 16:9
Exodus 16:12
Exodus 17:3
Numbers 14:2
Numbers 14:27
Numbers 14:29
Numbers 14:36
Numbers 16:11
Numbers 16:41
Numbers 17:5
Numbers 17:10
Deuteronomy 1:27
Joshua 9:18
Psalm 106:25
Isaiah 29:24
Matthew 20:11
Mark 14:5
Luke 5:30
Luke 15:2
Luke 19:7
John 6:41
peace = quiet heart [Joyce Myers on TV show is source of “quiet heart” definition]
www.dictionary.com defines peace as the following:
cessation of — or freedom from — any strife or dissension; freedom of the mind from annoyance, distraction, anxiety, an obsession; a state of tranquillity or serenity; inner harmony or quiet.
https://www.joycemeyer.org/articles/ea.aspx?article=gods_peace_is_for_you
Joyce Meyers article on God’s Peace explains God’s kind of Peace.
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Book you should read by Randy Alcorn:
http://store.epm.org/product/heaven
In the most comprehensive and definitive book on Heaven to date, Randy invites you to picture Heaven the way Scripture describes it—a bright, vibrant, and physical New Earth, free from sin, suffering, and death, and brimming with Christ’s presence, wondrous natural beauty, and the richness of human culture as God intended it.
Christ is the actual object of the believer’s hope, because it is in his second coming that the hope of glory will be fulfilled (1 Tim. 1:1; Col. 1:27; Titus 2:13). It is spoken of as “lively”, i.e., a living, hope, a hope not frail and perishable, but having a perennial life (1 Pet. 1:3). In Rom. 5:2 the “hope” spoken of is probably objective, i.e., “the hope set before us,” namely, eternal life (comp. 12:12). In 1 John 3:3 the expression “hope in him” ought rather to be, as in the Revised Version, “hope on him,” i.e., a hope based on God. Source: Easton’s 1897 Bible Dictionary
As God ALWAYS does what he says he will do and Jesus can be believed, the scriptural “hope” is “guaranteed to happen”.
Jesus said it, I believe it, and that settles it! Jesus IS Truth.
As I am an avid computer user and spend a lot of time online, I thought God should be included even in that time.
On my computer, I have a lot of post-its with little messages about God. They can be rolled up and unrolled at will. Every week, I change the unrolled message on display so a new one is visible and roll up the previous one. While using my computer desktop to access programs, usage of browsers searching the internet, or playing a game on my PC [not violent or inappropriate games], I get a glance of the post-it message and God stays current in my thoughts.
Another thing that is nice, is to have the TV on in the background with the channel on a religious program. That way, while I am on my computer, I also get to listen to either music or sermons regarding God.
Basically, I try to not exclude God from my technological life.
This site is under updating. See you later.
The “About” page gives a little background of what my basic beliefs are. I am a student not an expert even though I am about 70 years old. My Grandmother during my youth, always said that you never completely know everything the Bible says. Each time you read it, it tells you something more.