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Hi Gigi. Thank you so much for praying for my prayer request. May God bless you and keep you and your family.

1 John 5:13

Philippians 4:8

King James Version

8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Well done! It's me and it is done.

Ronald Whittemore

To comment the first sentence of your post-part 2-, be sure that what matters and prevails is the Word of GOD, the Word is GOD- John 1:1, self-executing, understand?

What does the Word of GOD say?

2Thessalonians 2:3-6 and 9-12

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Your thinking is from a human perspective, a stumblingblock, not from GOD's perspective. The verbiage your spirit manifested in your reply is good for nothing.

The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth, the one who comes from above is above all- John 3:31 combined with Ephesians 1:3, among other Scriptures.

Be careful of then get ready

Ronald Whittemore

Firstly, I dind't understand reading your reply-part 1- why you have started it running away from the main focus of my post, I did not write anything about crucifixion and resurrection of JESUS, so, what you wrote has nothing to do with Matthew 24.

Your spirit tried to justify this undesirable behavior mentioning Acts 1:6-7. But the worst is that you surreptitiously said that "cannot see-the disciples- ASKING JESUS for a SIGN of His second coming, the wording of Matt. 24:3:

Now, now, then you confess you BELIEVE NOT in the Holy Scriptures, in what is written in the Book of the Lord- Matthew 24:3-4KJV:

-3...the disciples came unto JESUS privately, literally saying,"Tell us...what shall be the SIGN of THY COMING, and of the END the WORLD?"

-4 JESUS answered and said unto the disciples(AND TO ME TOO),Take heed that no man deceive you. As you can see, you did not deceive me with your words, actually it is impossible you deceive me.



In your third sentence you confess that years ago was like a dog studing end-time prophecies, and reading Matthew 4 "the words looked like they were 20 times larger it was like they were jumping off the page" , I must say i don't believe in cunningly devised fables.

You said "that a warning we need to take to heart, your studies changed from then on you still can say you have much to learn", ok in fact you "have much to learn" as you said, you have lamp but it already went out then your spirit tries to feed you with chaff and tares according to your reply.

My Lord JESUS left very very clear,saying: Matthew 12:35-37KJV

35 ... an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

36But I say unto you,That every IDLE WORD that men shall speak,they shall give account thereof in the Day of Judgment(that is the seventh and last Day,or seventh and last millennium).

37For by thy words thou shalt be justified,and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

The Word is GOD- John 1:1,self-executing.Take care or get ready

CSmith925

My name is Oseas, in English language Hosea, in Hebrew Hoshea, or even Joshua- Numbers 13:16.

You should remember that the Word of GOD reveals(the Word is GOD,self-executing)that"The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron- 1 Timothy 4:1-2.

You are "asking for prayer for the world" because(as you said) "there's so much going on right now", but remember: What is happening it is the LITERAL fulfillment of the prophetic Word of GOD, so the most important is to be focused in the fulfillment of Scriptures as is written:"Woe to the earth(Israel)and the sea(Gentile nations), because the Devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short."

There is no prayer that can change the course of the fulfillment of prophecies, see what happened to Peter when he suggested something contrary to the Scriptures- Matthew 16:22-23.

1John 5:18-20:-->18 We know that whosoever is born of GOD sinneth not; but he that is begotten of GOD keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

19And we know that we are of GOD, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

20And we know that the Son of GOD is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true, and we are in Him that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true GOD, and eternal life.

Also remember:To every thing there is a season,and a time to every purpose under the heaven:A time to be born,and a time to die;a time to plant,and a time to pluck up that which is planted;A time to get,and a time to lose;a time to keep,and a time to cast away;a time to keep silence,and a time to speak;a time of war, and a time of peace,and so on-Eccl.3:1-8.

For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry-Heb.10:37.

Be careful and get ready

Joleenu

Thank you for bringing these requests to us her. I will certainly pray for these people

Jesse,

The Samaritans deriv Mt. Gerizim as the place of worship from what is said in deut. 27:12 and Josh. 8:33. The ark was placed at Mr. Gerizim

Dedra Walker,

I like to describe faith as the presence and activity of God's Spirit in a believers life. The word faith means persuasion. It's when God's Spirit persuades me to believe something I cannot see, that's faith.

Please know that there are two types of faith. There's human faith where we persuade ourselves to believe something. Everyone has human faith but not everyone has the type of faith that the Bible speaks of.

And then there's the faith that the Bible speaks of. This faith comes from God as a source. We are even told in the Bible that faith is a fruit of God's Spirit, meaning this type of faith is only produced by His Spirit. So, in order to have this type of faith, a person must have God's Spirit in their life.

It's when His Spirit persuades us to believe something or moves us to do something. That's what faith is, and that's what faith does.

I hope this helps!

GiGi,

I did not know that. Thank you so much for sharing this with me.

God bless!!!

2 Ki.8:24-29" Principle of Association"

And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith theLordGod of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of theLord, even over Israel.(2 Ki.9:6)

In vv.24-29 we are given a new king of Judah. Ahaziah reigned in his father's stead. He went with the king of Israel to war against Hazael the king of Syria whom Elisha had anointed as the king (in the place of Elijah.) While things are going from bad to worse for Ahaziah and Joram, we have Elisha entrusting the third task God had given Elijah to his associate. His is only called the young man, the prophet. He is to run over to Jehu who is at Ramothgilead and anoint him as the new king of Israel. We see the same chain in command as Jesus ordained in his time. His disciples are sent to preach and 'he who receives you receives me.'. So God's gospel is same as Gospel of Christ and we are all associates of Christ regardless of time in the same vineyard fellow-laborers. Our hire is already fixed as we have in the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard. That day must end of an age and we shall collect ours when we are called up. ( Luke 10:16; Matt.10:40.)

God gives a task which is to be performed and it is exactly in God's time. In the eyes of God the time is 'now''. Elijah is merely a name as Elisha and he is on the same level as the anonymous prophet. The Spirit gives us an insight as to the manner he works with rise and fall of nations. We are seeing the kings in Israel and Judah are becoming nonentities a few kings better than others, that is all. In the Salvation plan of God, the prophets are shaping the spiritual landscape of Israel and we are seeing the rise of world empires. Syria, Assyria and Babylon are all becoming stronger so Israel does not know when disaster is going to strike them.

Ju.16 Death of Samson (2 of 2)

"And Samson called unto theLord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes".(v.29)

Samson's sin found him out. Having slept through the time Delilah had shorn his locks when she woke him up with the cry,"And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that theLordwas departed from him." This was as tragic as it was a severe blot on otherwise extraordinary servant of God.

Faith hitched to a bad apple shall only taste bad. Some of the false ministers who goad their silly congregation put their faith work do not tell that their plough is set on other mans riches. God who gives every good gift knows His lambs. He leads to good pastures. He shall give them all that are needful for life and godliness. He shall put no stumbling blocks on their way. Whereas look at examples of preachers in our times. Do their faith and works match? All those headlines of their fall, were these waiting to happen?

Ju.16 Death of Samson (1 of 2)

Delilah would tempt the mighty Samson with all her wiles but would not know the secret of his strength. Before that fatal hour when he committed a folly from which he would never recover we are given a clue to it.

"For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:(He.11:33)" His faith connects with other heroes of faith that does not whit lessen his error of judgement. He let down God as he did himself. God had foreknown him before he was born and the cords with which he was tied to the Lord was one and the same that his Son made manifest in ample measure. Samson tore the young lion that leaped at him without doubt and his faith was under the authority of the Spirit. By same unflinching faith the jawbone of an ass in his hand is a formidable weapon of slaughter. The works was his faith and the Spirit puts his seal of approval. There were however areas where he did not foresee danger to his spiritual life. He had an uncanny ability to consort with the wrong crowd and women were of ill-repute. His experience with his Philistine wife from Timnath did not improve his relations with Delilah. The least could be said in fairness to the unfaithful woman is they are consistent. "There was no one like Ahab who had chosen so often to do what the LORD said was wrong, because his wife Jezebel influenced him to do evil (1 Ki.21:25-NCV). Jezebel was first sold to Satan and wean souls away from God. Deliah was of the same mold. It is in the men of faith we see often fluctuations and time and occasion do make some of them dupes. That tells.

When we find among us are many who started well but falling victims to heresies and immoderate affections. Covetousness is idolatry. The Church in Thyatira was a case in point,"Because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication,"(Re.2:20)

please pray for daughter Jessica and her husband Adam

Matt.21:1 "Triumphal entry into Jerusalem"

Branches of trees are associated with the feast of the Lord. During the eight days of the feast, the Israelites would dwell in booths or tabernacles that were made from the branches of trees ( Leviticus 23:40-42). Secondary meaning we shall examine. This triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem was also celebration of the circuit of the word of God which in the person of Jesus of Nazareth was moving forward. Isaiah had foretold,"So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." We already examined the Spirit's annotation on this, " His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof."(Ps.19:5-6) He is indicated as the bridegroom. It is thus we examine the itinerary of the Son on his father's errand and he is passing through. He knew well what awaited him there.

It was at the festival of the tabernacles he announced, "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water./(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)" John 7:37-38

In the vision of Ezekiel we have the river of time, "Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other."(Ez.47:7-12)

In Ez.41 the vision concerns the temple the motif of palm tree connects. "And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;"(41:18) The living waters issued from the Sanctuary from creation account to Re.22:1-3 also gives us the circuit of the word that God sent forth. Thus it is triumph of the word of God as much as of Jesus Christ.

Matt.21:1 "Triumphal Entry of Jesus" (1 of 2)

"As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples",

Triumphal entry of Jesus is triumph of the word sent forth('out of my mouth') as Isaiah foretold,"but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it."(Is.55:11).

Jesus in sending his disciples two by two at the beginning of his ministry as at the end he did as the word become flesh. Gospel of God he delivered by principle of Association and in his words,"He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me."(Matt.10:40) He who received the disciples to all intent and purpose received him who sent them. Then as now. The word sent forth by God thus connected Isaiah who spoke accordingly and it connects Prophet Zachariah who spoke of his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass." Ze. 9:9 Whatever spoken according to the scriptures shall be fulfilled and it what the above mentioned quote from Isaiah signifes. So the ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass' are there when he require them. Faith of Jesus is demonstrated here. His disciples did as they were told so by principle of Association they wer associates which is established by the eternal word forever settled in heaven. "All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,"(21:4-6)

" And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way." What was the significance of the palm branches?

Hi Joleen.

We will be praying for you.

God bless.

Hi brothers/sisters, I don't want to take up too much of your time, I have a few prayer requests.

Please pray for a pastor in Florida by the name of James Knox, he's been having trouble with his heart. He's a firm Bible believing preacher who's got such zeal to see souls saved.

Please also pray for a the sister of a family friend of mine, she's under sedation and can't breathe on her own. I don't know whether her sister is saved, but I pray God would show mercy towards her. This family friend has lost so much these past few years, thank you for keeping her in your prayers.

Please also pray for my cousin and brothers. Pray that God would draw them all to Him, and may them come to trust Him as their Lord and Savior.

Lastly, may God strengthen my eyesight and my faith.

May we all draw closer to God, and give Him more of our time. He's most deserving of it, and so often I get busy with things that aren't really all that important. Thank you so so much, love you guys.

See you here, there or in the air!

-Joleen

What is Faith?

Hello Jesse,

The Samaritans are still in Palestine worshipping according to their from of YHWHism. The only use the Pentateuch as their Scriptures. Since they do not have a temple (it was destroyed in 128 B.C. by John Hyrcanus, a leader in the Jewish revolt). It stood upon Mt. Gerizim for only 200 years.

Freda,

How are you doing this week? Thinking of you and praying. You have been through so much and such trials. I am hoping that God will bring blessings to you daily and also in miraculous ways. Keep me posted, please.

Hello again Adam,

As to 1 John 4:18

This statement about perfect love casting out fear follows Johns exposition on the amazing love of God for us manifested in sending His Son to suffer and die for our sins to set us free from the condemnation our sin deserves. And we can know that we have life in Jesus because of what He did for us. In verse 15 John speaks as Jesus did in the Luke passage, that any who confesses Jesus is the Son of God (which the Jewish leaders determined was blasphemy; that Jesus made Himself out to be God when He claimed to be the Son of God- Jn. 10:33) will be indwelt by the God and the person dwells in God. vs. 16.

verse 17 says that we can have boldness on the day of judgement. This is where our love is made perfect and we will have no fear of condemnation at that judgement. vs.18. Those who will fear at the judgement will be those who do not confess Jesus, who are in unbelief and do not have the indwelling of God nor do they abide in God, as believers do prior to the judgement.

On judgment day we will have boldness instead of fear like the unbelievers because the love of God has been shed abroad in our hearts through God's work of salvation, forgiveness of sins, and the imputed righteousness of Christ. We can stand before God on judgment day knowing we will enter into blessed eternity in the Presence of God without any fear or sense of disapproval from God. We will stand without blame because Jesus stood for us in our place to enable us to become sons of God, vessels of His mercy, not vessels of His wrath, as the unbelievers are.

So I think that both of these selections from Luke and 1 John are speaking about judgment day and how we who confess Jesus, even under threat of death by persecutors, will receive the crown of life, and victory, and acceptance by God who did not have to save us but chose to do so in the manifestation of His love for us in Christ.

I am interested in reading what others think on your concerns on this matter.

Hello again Adam,

As to 1 John 4:18

This statement about perfect love casting out fear follows Johns exposition on the amazing love of God for us manifested in sending His Son to suffer and die for our sins to set us free from the condemnation our sin deserves. And we can know that we have life in Jesus because of what He did for us. In verse 15 John speaks as Jesus did in the Luke passage, that any who confesses Jesus is the Son of God (which the Jewish leaders determined was blasphemy; that Jesus made Himself out to be God when He claimed to be the Son of God- Jn. 10:33) will be indwelt by the God and the person dwells in God. vs. 16.

verse 17 says that we can have boldness on the day of judgement. This is where our love is made perfect and we will have no fear of condemnation at that judgement. vs.18. Those who will fear at the judgement will be those who do not confess Jesus, who are in unbelief and do not have the indwelling of God nor do they abide in God, as believers do prior to the judgement.

On judgment day we will have boldness instead of fear like the unbelievers because the love of God has been shed abroad in our hearts through God's work of salvation, forgiveness of sins, and the imputed righteousness of Christ. We can stand before God on judgment day knowing we will enter into blessed eternity in the Presence of God without any fear or sense of disapproval from God. We will stand without blame because Jesus stood for us in our place to enable us to become sons of God, vessels of His mercy, not vessels of His wrath, as the unbelievers are.

So I think that both of these selections from Luke and 1 John are speaking about judgment day and how we who confess Jesus, even under threat of death by persecutors, will receive the crown of life, and victory, and acceptance by God who did not have to save us but chose to do so in the manifestation of His love for us in Christ.

I am interested in reading what others think on your concerns on this matter.

Hello Adam, you have been missed on here lately.

I would like to speak to the Luke 12 passage.

In this, the beginning of the chapter, Jesus is giving admonishment to his disciples to not fear the persecution and martyrdom that would come upon them for following Him, as the most they can do to any of those who would do this to them is kill the body.

Then he reminds them that God knows even the number of hairs on one's head and is concerned for the demise of sparrows.

He warns them that those who confess Him before men, Jesus will confess them before the Father. (as approved); but one who denies Him will Jesus deny before the angels and the Father.

Next, He describes the unforgivable sin.

Then He tells them how the authorities of Judaism will drag them before the magistrate to be prosecuted, but the Holy Spirit will give them the right words to speak (for He is our Advocate, legal defender when we face accusations).

When Jesus told them to fear God, who can both kill any one He chooses, and cast those He judges to be fit for condemnation to be thrown into the lake of fire.

So, I think that Jesus was warning them that they will face severe trials for His name sake and that they are to be courageous in the face of these, not fearful so as to draw back from confessing Jesus as the Christ, Savoir and Lord, because the price of denying Jesus is much higher, more severe, more painful, and more lasting that if their enemies put them to death for standing for Jesus when brought to trial or captured by such men as Saul of Tarsus.

Jesus did not want them to shrink back from their commitment to Him when their faith and allegiance is sorely tried. And He emphasizes to them that the Father is a judge who condemns those who fail to walk in faith. And this condemnation of God is immensely worse and more anguishing than any persecution, pain and suffering one could face in this life. He is telling them that the wages for unbelief are eternally anguish in the lake of fire.

Hi Zaphnathpaneah.

"One who discovers hidden things"

What is it you would like to share?

Hi Elijah.

This Nation is Israel.

God bless.

Hey Oseas,

Part 1

Scripture is clear the crucifixion and resurrection were hidden from the disciples. They were devastated and undecided on what to do when Jesus rose from the dead as the Scripture tells us. Jesus' first coming was for the lost sheep of Israel only, the mystery had not been revealed it was hidden from Satan. All were looking for the Messiah to deliver them from Rome and set up the kingdom when He first came.

The disciples as we see in Acts 1:6-7 After His resurrection the disciples asked Him "wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel"? With this, I cannot see them asking Jesus for a sign of His second coming, the wording of Matt. 24:3 is the completion of this age, they had on their minds, setting up the kingdom not the end of the world.

Years ago, I was deep in the end-time prophecies, and I got to the point where I was like a dog chasing its tail. I put those studies up and I opened the Bible and was just reading, and I came to those words you have as 4 Take heed that no man deceive you. When I got to those words, they looked like they were 20 times larger it was like they were jumping off the page.

That is a warning we need to take to heart, my studies changed from then on I still can say I have much to learn. "Many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceive many". This has been going on since Jesus ascended to heaven, the Scriptures have a few but there were many. Revolts were started by those saying they were the Messiah and would deliver them from Rome and there will be false prophets until Jesus returns.

See part two.

Oseas,

Part two

A beast and false prophet are coming but not claiming to be Christ, 2 Thess. 2:4 he "will exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped". This will be a worldwide deception that people of all religions will be deceived.

Some of Matt. 24 is for us today but much of it was for the disciples. History recorded many of the things Jesus said were happening, wars between Jews and Syrians and others. There was not only sedition and civil war throughout Judea but likewise in Italy: Otho and Vitellius contending for the empire. Earthquakes in Rome, Pompeii, Lycus Valley, cities of Pergamum, Laodicea, and Colosse. And the Bible tells of the famine in Jerusalem and other parts of the world.

Bad times are coming that we need to be ready for, we just need to keep in mind this fleshly body is not what is going to be saved. "Here is the patience and the faith of the saints" Rev. 13:9-10. I know we have different understandings; I could say more but I will leave it here.

God bless,

RLW

Thanks Brother Jesse.

God bless.

To conclude, Richard.

Our family history, background, or lineage does not determine our inheritance in eternity because that is based on Jesus and His work for us, and most of all, He IS our inheritance, one that is not merited on our part, but which He won for us.

Just as we are not to spend time asking fruitless questions or trying to search for the answers, or start a discussion in order to enter a contentious battle of ideas or words in order to come out on top or overcome the other as if an opponent, so we are not to trot out our family genealogy in situation as if our pedigree will warrant us more prestige, place of honor, nor as a veracity of our status in Christ or his church or local community or social circle. We are not to lord over anyone in any way.

But just as we spend time talking about "non-spiritual" matters or "non-spiritual" hobbies, at times, digging into one's family history is permitted, as long as it is used correctly and humbly. Therefore, I did not share these things to impress anyone, as it isn't my lineage anyway, but to share what I have enjoyed doing these past few weeks. This interest will pass soon when I complete what I set out to do in the first place, and I will still be the same person regardless. And, as I enjoy gardening and other "hobbies", there is always a spiritual lesson to learn in these activities, I find. Whether we are doing household tasks that need to be done, or things that are sone for pure pleasure, or activities that we share with others, or simply eat and drink, we are to be thankful and to do all for the glory of God. Not everything is a "spiritual" endeavor, but that does not mean that we are to stop doing all things that we enjoy simply because they are not "spiritual". God made us to enjoy life in this world and to enjoy life in Him. One does not exclude the other. We just practice being in God's Presence in all we say and do.

So, Enjoy art, music, nature, creativity, invention, history, building, etc.

I think what I was trying to say is , that it is God's perfect love that should cast out our fear . We need to trust that He always loves us and wants us with Him and is willing to forgive us through Christ .