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Dear Chris,

Thank you for reminding me of the Nicolaitans ( Rev. 2:6 & 15). The proper name "Nicolaitans" literally means "conqueror (or destroyer) of the laity (people)." I cannot find any proof that they were disciples of the Nicolas mentioned only in Acts 6:5. I certainly do not desire to defame that particular Nicolas based on conjecture or speculation.

The implication of the term "Nicolaitan" suggests that a despotic authoritarian, or a hierarchy had assumed unauthorized lordship as priests over the church, thus usurping The Headship of CHRIST ( Eph. 1:22; 5:23; Col. 1:18).

The church must never underestimate the influential power these charismatic religious heretics have over gullible churches. Note how the Ephesian Church hated "the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I (our Glorified CHRIST) also hate" ( Rev. 2:1-6). Yet, the Pergamos Church appointed certain Nicolaitans into their church leadership positions and adopted and practiced ("hold") "the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate" ( Rev. 2:12-16).

I also looked up the word "hold" ( Rev. 2:15) in my Greek dictionary and discovered it translates from the Greek verb root (pronounced "krat-EH-o"), which speaks of church leaders using dictatorial power over the church to enforce their Nicolaitan doctrine. This sets a dangerous precedence, for the powerful often gain power over the church far beyond that prescribed in the New Testament.

If "Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them" (3Jn. v.9), was not a Nicolaitan, he certainly seemed to have patterned his authoritarian intimidation after their doctrine.

Reading your post has given me some thoughts for adding to my own commentary. Thank you.

Fear, means Reverence the Lord. Honor Him, obey His Word.

Just like I just said on Tucker Carlsons YouTube channel; God is not Racist.

He gave Adam DOMINION over everything except other mankind. Period. (Nimrod is the origin of racism. He was married to a witch)

No matter our upbringing and educators that we've had, we must teach our children the truth. To hate anybody of color brings on a curse.

Obey Gods known Law, and there will be peace.

Our kids deserve to be taught THE TRUTH.

This isn't taught in Church because we're scared to death of being accused to be racist. This Truth would be upheld at the Supreme Court. Why has no one prepared this to go through the Highest Court of our Land?

Already they tell us how many people can enter church for Services. Tell us we cannot sing Christian songs because the virus might be spread. It's next to impossible to get approval and tax exempt status to start a church.

Let's start speaking up about this stuff!

This Christmas I say we boycott all Christmas Light Wars. Stupid lights are an abomination. We are scared to death of being ridiculed for being a Christian. It's Jesus we celebrate. Put on Christmas plays in the neighborhood park. Full on display, everyone come.

DOMINION means the nativity child could be any race or religion. It's what is in our hearts that matter. Yield to the Lord and let Him soften up our stony hearts. We are told Do Not Judge each other in, meat, drink, or traditions.

Ps. You can make a manger with a California king flat sheet. Staked properly. :D

Where n the bible does it talk about the role of deacons

Judith,

Many do not believe we will be here; it is the gathering of the Church (rapture). I believe scripture tells us if we are living, we will be here and we must be prepared, but you can study that for your conscience. We see in Revelation 12 and 13 when Satan is cast down permanently to earth with no more access to heaven. Satan is standing on the sand of the sea when the first beast ascends out of the sea (bottomless pit). ( Revelation 11:7) ( Revelation 17:8) Satan gives his seat, authority, and power to this beast, and this beast makes war against the saints and prevails. People on earth will worship Satan and this beast because of the power that will be shown, the world will be incapable to make war against it.

The second beast (false prophet) rises and creates an image of the first beast and causes people to worship the image and take the mark. He deceives people with great wonders, miracles, and power in the sight of the first beast. So being in the sight of the first beast appears the two beasts are here during the same time.

This mark is not something that you will not know you are taking, whoever takes this mark will willingly take it and whoever does not worship that image and take the mark will be killed, scary thought but true. Anyone whose name is written in the Lambs book of life will not worship the beast or image and will not take the mark.

Have peace in your heart, the Holy Spirit in us will make it crystal clear what will be happening and we will overcome the hour of temptation. ( Revelation 3:10). This is going to be the darkest time so far on earth and many to most of us in Christ who are still living will be killed. Jesus said after the tribulation of those days. ( Matthew 24:29-31) ( Mark 13:24-27)

Pray and Study, trust the Holy Spirit of truth.

RLW

Luke Chapter 18

6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.

7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he FIND FAITH on the earth?

9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

Keep your eyes on Jesus and do not focus on what the "worldly" world is doing.

Faith cannot walk hand in hand with fear.

Anything not of FAITH, is sin.

There is a song I like to listen to on YouTube, some times. We need to encourage ourselves over a sink full of dishes.

LOVE GOD HATE SIN by Mylon LeFevre

Stir up that faith that is in us

You can Google "Christian Condolence cards"

SOME can be copy pasted into your text window on your phone. Anything owned by Pinterest cannot be copied.

1 Corinthians 7, Matthew 5

Are good to read when contemplating marriage.

Use this website SEARCH BOX

Type in: marriage

Numerous verses will be fetched that you can read. It helps us to know what God teaches us about it. He performed the first marriage for Adam and Eve. Genesis 2:22-25

I've allowed the enemy to deceive me and build a strong hold in my life. I believe God did create any one a homosexual. This sin has been going on too long in my life. Please pray that I would receive God's forgiveness an d forgive myself.

Hi Mark The word fear in Deuteronomy is the word for reverence and to have reverence or respect is to do what God taught or instructed you. In Deuteronomy 6:1-17 Israel is being told remember daily to do Gods commandments and teach Gods commandments and don't forget Gods commandments teach the next generation. To give all respect and reverence to God, and reminders of all the benefits of doing His word. In His Service

My desire is to walk in freedom. I don't want to go to hell. I don't want to separated. From God.

I haven't been a faithful , obedient Christian while willingly involving myself in homosexual acts.

I broke God's laws. Is there forgiveness and freedom for me ? Is it too late to repent ? I repent but it hasn't been real.

How may times did Jesus overthrow the moneychangers' tables? One account occurs so early in John (chp 2) with the added concession where he took time to make a small scourge of cords.

Faith Just some things to help this person shift there thinking. There is no pit so deep that God is not deeper still. If you look at the world you can become depressed, if you look in a mirror you can become caught up in your looks or frailties or past failures if you turn your eyes upon Jesus the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His Glory and Grace. The past no one can change and the futures lies in either your belief in the world 5 senses or with Gods word walking by spiritual faith of Jesus Christ. In conclusion Phillipians 4:19 But my God shall[absolute tense] supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. In His Service

Hi fren , yes it dose say tho shall not kill , but , it means murder , or criminal homicide, or to lay in wait , the Greek word is " phoneus " , for God understands , crimes of passion, accidental death, an of course out right War ,.. please check the strongs concordance,.

Thank you

Peace be with you

Johnny Talk about a man with an incredible mind read in Genesis 2:19+20 where Adam before they blew it God brought to Him every beast and He named them. How would you measure that I.Q.

Being that "God" is jealous; especially if we put anything before Him. If he is the true creator of everything: including the human body. The obligation in that perspective alone; requires a give and take enactment. So if an individual truly believes in God and his awesome display of creativity. If his son; Christ is a continuum of God: being ask of in total forgiveness of course. Should Christ still hold an individual in transcend: in avoidance of a required process of an elimination of a physical decay??? If his love covers a multitude of past, present and future sins; then if the transcendent individual is truly striving for a Christlikeness transformation: the actual taking of and from Christ is not only a second chance request; but physical transformation as well: no past; "Thorns in the flesh", should be displayed; if one is truly forgiven??? Total Healing of Physical Decay and Feeling of satisfaction of true forgiveness from planned deceptive temptations:??? especially when Christ knows of ones choice way in advance.

Hi Judith This is part of what we have to look forward to The Church in this the Age of Grace will not be here for When The Antichrist is in full power, not saying there aren't events occurring heading that direction, but that will not occur till after Christ comes back for His Body the Church. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 , verse 1 Gathered together unto Him jesus Christ verse 8 Then shall that wicked be revealed, verse 12 That they [all] might be damned who believed not the truth [the gospel ] but had pleasure in unrighteousness. Whatever the literal mark of the beast is nobody left after the body of Christ is taken up will be able to do anything without worshipping bowing down to what the adversary will set up. In His Service

My grand niece needs a healing miracle from the Lord right now, please have all your prayer warriors pray for her

Thank you God bless you

Only God can pass judgement regarding who goes to hell.

Only God can look into the Heart. God will weigh the heart of each person, and will see everything about our lives, and with all of this, God can make the best judgement call.

I hope and pray, that anyone contemplating suicide will pause..and pray.

Pray directly to God in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, he will guide you in times of need, and put your life into his hands, and He will Heal and Comfort YOU.

God Bless.

Does Fear mean to trust God and not to be afraid of Him?

Sister Judith,

Yes, God wants us "his children" to keep all of his commandments, including the Sabbath which is the 4th commandment.

Jesus and his disciples kept all of God's commandments while here on this earth.

God gave us a wonderful gift in the Sabbath Day, enabling us to rest our minds, and bodies, and time to pray and contemplate God, and all that we have. God knows us best.he created us!

Here Jesus reminds us that the Sabbath Day is for us.

Mark 2:27

"And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:"

I can not understand why anyone would want to disregard this commandment.

I will strive to keep all of God's 10 commandments.

God Bless.

You're right, Johnny, there are a lot of details in that chapter & ordinarily no man could ever hope to retain or even recall all that information. Yet, 2 Peter 1:20,21 reminds us: "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."

I understand these verses to mean that if the Holy Spirit of God gave Ezekiel all that detail in a vision, it was the same Spirit that enabled him to write that down at some point after receiving that Word. I'm sure his memory would have been as ours - but when Spirit-charged, he could say with the Psalmist ( Psalm 45:1): "my tongue is the pen of a ready writer." That is, Ezekiel's vision & declaration to Israel ( Ezekiel 40:2,4) was guided by the Spirit of God in writing this prophecy.

Hello! My name is Eddie Ray Fields. I live in Eagleton Village in Maryville TN. I have prayed so very hard to the lord to show me the right way, and for the most part he truly has. I have people around me who are looking at me, and judging me cruelly. I almost feel ashamed to say but the lord is nudging me on. I am almost certain that the way I am being looked at is foul, and I know it is not to the lords liking. I have sit here and cried, and prayed for an angel to come rescue me. Please if you have the time, or heart I am going through so rough a time for absolutley no reason. Ive turned my cheek so many times. I pray everyone reading this can feel god with them, and trust is instilled in your mind. I am a light in the dark where I am at, and I just need prayers to keep on shining. Love everyone! God bless

Indeed brother Philip, their ungodliness knew no bounds. Even if their many sins as you listed were sufficient for immediate condemnation, their "turning the Grace of God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ" (verse 4), seems to be the hook on which that list hangs.

I think of the condemnation by our Lord in Revelation 2:6,14,15 of the Nicolaitans, from whom these "ungodly men" may well have arisen or at least from under their tutorship. As these men (in Jude), so also were the Nicolaitans, who made mockery of the Grace of God revealed in His Gospel. Believing that marriage was not binding on Christians as it was a human invention, this gave rise to all manner of unnatural unrestrained sexual behaviour. And with the Love & Mercy of God to all men being the foundation of the Gospel, they, without fear of punishment for their sins, literally turned & perverted God's Grace into lasciviousness. And with swelling convincing words, many were led astray, fulfilling fleshly desires & becoming ensnared by Satan. Having done despite to God's Grace, the Holy Character of the Lord God & His Son were so marred & distorted, that it could be well said of them, that they 'denied the Lord & His Christ'. And don't these words allude to the Gnostic teaching at that time, which refuted the belief that deity could unite with flesh? These men spoken of in Jude came in many disguises to believers everywhere, even today, tools of Satan, to weaken & destroy the Body of Christ & the yet the sure promise from Matthew 16:18, is that even "the gates of hell shall not prevail against it".

Thank you for those thoughts brother, on this passage.

Jobs is a.man that Gods Children we should emulate.This man lost health, wealth, children, body afflicted, friends aggitated over his commitment and even his wife had issues with him and still he maintained his connection with God and sinned not. He did not even acknowledge the enemy in his suffering butkept focussing on God.

good bible

The mark of the beast,do you understand what is it and to whom the book of Revelation point to initiating this mark and who will get it and how to avoid it!!Revelation means to reveal and God is revealing to us how to avoid getting the Mark Of The Beast and how to identify the TRUE and FALSE CHURCH!!

I just read from your Bible on line the book of Exodus 20:4-11 The Bible says to remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy! Why are you people not being obedient to God! He said if you love me keep my commandments!! God said the Sabbath is "my holy day". He did not say that the Sabbath is for Jews but for mankind! No where in the Bible does God mentioned that He changed the Sabbath to Sunday! God said he that worship me must worship me in Spirit and truth!

One of the 10 commandments is "Thou shalt not Kill", dead people cannot ask forgiveness. There is people on this site that will try to go behind the Word of God and change it to fit their beliefs, but Gods Word will not change for me or anyone else. I will never understand why it is so hard for people to just take God and Jesus at their Word and believe it, instead of trying to add or take away! Man's opinions does not matter, we are begotten by the Word of God. This is to Faith's comment about suicide.

What are some verses of sympathy and condolence for family who has lost a loved one?

Trust in God. Quit worrying about the things of this world. It is a lack of trust that God will take care of it.

God knows, we think we know!