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Hi Paul Just to put some perspective on this, there actually was a christian called Nicholaus but like

most things that start out Godly the adversary bends folds and a lot of times mutilates to corruption.

The board game dungeons and dragons started out as a christian board game. I'm thankful that at least

a very brief time some people think about Gods word perhaps only a little more or a lot during the

the holiday of Christ birth celebration although it wasn't Dec. 25th and perhaps the door will open to speak

the truth in Love. If we don't get caught up in spend a lot of money and go broke to please others perhaps

we will be more pleasing to Our Lord. I know a Lot of people who do this, give because you want to not

you feel you have to.

Earl I do not agree with your analysis or view of this matter. I will exit this thread for now. I have said what I believe to be beneficial for readers.

Cowboy, I am not saying that the Creator is mortal. He is not a creature and is self existent. His eternal existence is within Himself. I really cannot say for certain what the "image of God" is in mankind. Each and every person is made in His image from Adam to now. We are all mortal but still possess the image of God. This image does not include His essence (that which makes Him God and completely separate from what any creature he has created). This essence includes so many qualities that we do not possess-self existence, infinity, absolute perfection, holiness to the infinity degree, all-powerful, all-knowing, everywhere present, eternal immortality, absolute completeness, self-sufficiency (in need of nothing outside of Himself), perfect simplicity (He is not made of parts or has a composite existence), unchanging, He cannot be harmed by anything, subdued by anything, or overruled by anything.

These qualities are all what He is as a whole, He is not part all-powerful and part unchanging. He possesses all of these qualities to the utmost and, as far as simplicity goes, these qualities are His essence. They cannot be separated out from Him or compartmentalized.

We however are composite beings. We are made of parts and if parts fail or are removed we can die or suffer harm.

Same is true of all created things and beings. We have limits on all of our abilities and faculties. We capable of adding to our abilities (i.e. knowledge, strength) or these abilities can be reduced or eliminated. We can be made alive spiritually, which is a change in our nature. We can be affected by outside forces. So the image of God in us is none of the things I mentioned in the previous paragraph.

This is why I do not believe that man was made immortal (the angels are made this way).To live forever, He would have needed to eat from the Tree of Life, which shows that Adam and Eve did not possess immortality.

Immortality in man can only be acquired, not restored, in man by salvation.

Ferment I understand that is the universe that God created but how would I explain to somebody that saying the Big bang theory is the one that created the universe well I could also say what created that Big bang theory if it wasn't God but I need you to help me put it in the words that make more sense that made sense to me I don't know thank you

Hello David,

The text in Genesis does not say that Adam and Eve were created immortal. Therefore, this is something we really do not know for sure. Certainly, what God had done in creation was good. It does not say that it was perfect in an absolute sense that we will be in the resurrection.

But thanks for your thoughts.

Hello again, Earl.

I know that the Bible was not written with chapters and verse enumeration. I also know that Jesus said to teachers and Pharisees that they search the Scriptures, but had missed out on the primary point of the Old Testament, that they speak of and that direct the reader to Himself.

Hi, Today's Bible verse on this website provides me comfort.

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Yeah, and kids even view santa as all knowing, all powerful, can perform miracles, and some parents teach kids to even pray to santa, then have a pagan tree with shiny idols/graven images as ornaments in their house as an object of their affection.

And in many places in the world today if you want to celebrate christmas in public or travel to see your family you must take an injection as the mark and even a passport which allows you to trade in public. Nevermind that the injection is more dangerous than the original virus feared and has killed more than a million worldwide and has injured countless millions. All preventable. Biggest crisis and coverup in the history of the world. Strong delusion?

Encountering people who teach Heresy or the Heresy of other religions. Not Christianity

MATTHEW 7

4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

6 Give not that which is holy unto the DOGS, neither cast ye your PEARLS, before SEJNE, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. (TEAR TO PIECES)

COMMENTARYS

Wesley's Notes for Matthew 7:6

Here is another instance of that transposition, where of the two things proposed, the latter is first treated of. Give not - to dogs - lest turning they rend you: Cast not - to swine - lest they trample them under foot. Yet even then, when the beam is cast out of thine own eye, Give not - That is, talk not of the deep things of God to those whom you know to be wallowing in sin. neither declare the great things God hath done for your soul to the profane, furious, persecuting wretches. Talk not of perfection, for instance, to the former; not of your experience to the latter. But our Lord does in nowise forbid us to reprove, as occasion is, both the one and the other.

What does the Bible say about parades? We know that Jesus was escorted into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey!

Isn't it funny that Santa (Satan) is escorted into most towns and into peoples lives by a parade?

PROPHECY OF CHRIST

Job 14:7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and the tender branch thereof will not cease.

Job 14:8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

Job 14:9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

Hello Kari In the context of Mathew Jesus Christ is talking about the spiritual battle, you may have family

members who don't believe and pretty negative towards you because of your belief in Christ. Thar's why he said

mother against daughter father against son and so on. Some personally experience this and some don't. If you

choose to follow Christ and you were hindu they, although you haven't died they literally have a funeral service

for you and will not talk to you again because to them your dead.

Sister GiGi, Jesus always had to take the disciple aside and explain the parables to them, because it's NOT GIVEN to the multitudes. When he was with them in Matthew 5 it was only him and the 12, no multitude.

This is the problem today, Jesus is ONLY calling out those CHOSEN to be priest in the coming kingdom on earth. Man doesn't believe this. He takes you, the called out, aside and teaches you, not the multitudes.

God is going to follow the shadow of the Old Testament. FIRST Passover, SECOND Feast of the weeks or feast of firstfruits (Pentecost) and LAST, feast of the ingathering (final harvest). A FEW are being called and chosen now to be labours in the final harvest. Only the wheat and rye were first ripe and ready to harvest at the feast of weeks (Pentecost)(we are still in the feast of the weeks). All the rest of the harvest weren't mature until the feast of ingathering.

Zechariah 12:7 The Lord shall also save the tents of Judah FIRST.....

The New covenant PRIESTHOOD is out of the house of Judah, the Old covenant priesthood was of the house of Levi.

Everything that happened in the old will happen in the new.

Ecclesiastes 3:15 That which hath been IS NOW; and that WHICH IS TO BE hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

God Bless us as we mature in the WORD.

THE SEED

Most people are removed for the land and never experience the blessing received from being in direct contact with farming.

Christ used parables about wheat and vineyards and animals to teach.

When wheat is planted it goes through multiple stages before it becomes mature and bears SEED.

Christ likens us to that wheat, we to go through multiple stages before we become mature.

Often their is to much rain, then not enough rain, the clouds come and the wind blows and the wheat is tattered, then hail, and the wheat is stripped, then sunshine and new growth appears.

All the hardships upon the wheat, yet in the end it bears SEED.

Earl,

We both shall know wic is the correct view in due time.

Blessings to you.

Earl,

I guess we shall see in time.

Blessings to you today, Bro Dan

Earl,

I am well aware that Jesus spoke in parables at times. There also are many times didn't, such as when He spoke about the Law in Matthew 5-7, or the Last Supper Discourse in John 13-18.

Jesus' parables would have resonated with the people of His day because the parables spoke to the common lifestyle of the day.

Therefore, I w2ouldn't concur that people, including the disciples didn't understand all of what Jesus taught. There are a few instances where the disciples asked Jesus to explain a parable (tares and wheat, for example) and He did, but they didn't ask Him to explain every parable. I think that most people understood what Jesus taught, but the Scribes, Pharisees, and Sadducees did not want to learn from Him. What the people and disciples did not understand was what He said about His upcoming death and resurrection. But after these happened, He appeared to the disciples and taught them more clearly about these events and what was accomplished.

Hey David,

Sorry for using the word feel, it was not meant to suggest anything other than your belief or your understanding of the rapture of the Church that is taught. I just pointed out scripture on part of the rapture as taught I thought you may study. If we do not pray and study what we are taught, we are accountable. The definition of deceive; is to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid.

This was the first thing Jesus said after the disciples asked about the destruction of the temple.

Matthew 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

Have a great day in love.

God bless,

RLW

All nations, all people, men, and women ought to sing praises of God's goodness and mightiness. He has redeemed the nations, evidently, the other man called Satan has been horribly defeated. The victor and the Creator of Heaven and Earth have emerged as the winner and savior. Hallelujah, hallelujah, our God reigns!

Why does Christ want us to hate family?

Romans 3 : 31 Do we make void the law by Faith . God forbid we establish the law, the new birth ,

Is when we birth Christ in our hearts and that Christ is us cannot sin thus the law is fulfiled or established

Thats how he will fulfill the law by sowing his seed in our hearts that is gonna form Christ in us making it impossible to sin.

He that is born of God cannot sin thats our new innerman which is Christ in us ( THE H.G. ) HE IT IS THAT CANNOT SIN

Thus the law is fulfilled , Not done away with, Don'cha see the new covenant is gona fulfil the old covenant . And place

the very kingdom of God with in our hearts. As the mystery of the Kingdom of God is Christ in you. He wants to give us

New Husband but this new HUSBAND IS Christ in us that cannot sin. Thus the law is fulfilled in a Perfect sense. You are

dead to the law by the body of Christ, but now we are married to Christ a perfect husband that cannot sin. He that is

born of God cannot sin thats our new innerman the H.G. the Child of PROMISE.

Brother Joshua,

You may or may not be right. I realize I am not smart enough to predict the end time, or spend time on conspiracy theories. I rest easy in the Lord, and I confide all of my worries to him. God tells us:

Matthew 24:36

"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."

This verse is so very powerful:

Zephaniah 2:3

"Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger."

God tells us above - that he may hide us in the day of the LORDS anger, that is the Meat and Drink that I focus on.

Happy Sabbath Day!

Hi Ronald I don't base my knowledge or walk on feelings they come and go scripture liveth and abideth

forever, remember spirit is willing flesh is weak. Feelings are needed for our walk but shouldn't dictate our

walk and shouldn't dictate the truth of scripture or our actions. God Bless

THE TRUE ISRAEL

In the Old Testament Israel was the CHURCH, a shadow of the coming true CHURCH.

Christ is the CHURCH, Christ is the promised ISRAEL through Isaac.

Christ SAID, destroy this CHURCH and in three days I will RAISE it up.

If you bear CHRIST IN YOU, you are the true house of Israel.

Hebrews 3:6 But Christ as a son over his own house (church), whose house (church) we are......

Revelation 21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the LAMB are the TEMPLE OF IT.

Matthew 19:28 .....ye shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Zechariah 12:7 And I will save the tents of Judah FIRST...

The new covenant PRIESTHOOD comes from the tribe of Judah, the old covenant priesthood came from the tribe of Levi.

GiGi

For the sake of conversation, So, you are saying that the creator is mortal and not immortal.

Genesis 1:26 reads "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:". If God is mortal than God must have blood but wait blood can't enter heaven. Are you saying the Angels have flesh and blood too? If man was made in the image of God and God's likeness than that man must be like God. Adam and Eve was transformed from immortal to mortal in a twinkle of an eye just as we will be transformed in an twinkle of an eye. We will go from mortal to immortal.

God Bless

stay prayed up and ready to go up

cowboy

Amen Brother Rick. Thanks for the discussion and fellowship!

God bless!

Bro Dan Again no mind games like you were what scripture says. For me every day is sabbath i.e.

worshipping God. I never twisted anything the Apostle Paul was accused of the same thing.

Brother Jesse, the chaff is part of the wheat and without the chaff encompassing the wheat seed and housing it, the seed will never reach maturity. Once mature the chaff is no longer necessary and actually and unwanted by product of the seed and must be separated. Our flesh and blood body is the chaff that encompasses the SEED (Christ in us), when the SEED is mature, the chaff (our flesh and blood body that housed the immature seed) must be separated and the SEED gather into the barn.

God Bless You

Gigi Just for the sake of conversation since sin brought death and decay then Adam and Eve if they would not

have sinned and they had perfect blood and Leviticus 17:11 life of the flesh is in the blood and God said everything

he created was very good no corruption by logic thy could have lived forever.