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He is faithful to us thank you Jesus
Times are not going to get better but darker and darker
Find rest and peace in Jesus,I will follow him
Where else can we go if we don't have Jesus
Pray for wisdom of what to do: James 1:5
Psalms 139, Psalms 37,
Matthew 18, 1Kings 7:4,5,6, Proverbs 30:8,9,
Psalms 84, Psalms 28, Psalms 18:32,
Isaiah 26:2,3,
Hopefully these are helpful
In the end in Armageddon and the final judgment at the end of the Millennium Kingdom there will be two factions; the armies of Christ and those of Antichrist (or Satan himself at the very end). There is an inexorable move there with the angels of God being messengers and protectors at times of God's people and the demons guiding at an accellerating rate towards the final destruction of men's souls. Again; I feel it is prudent and necessary to say that whatever side you are on; either God is your Father or Satan.
It is that bad; and of course it ties in with the fact that we either are living in and for sin; or for the Lord. The difference; of course is that there is no variableness of shadow with God ( James 1:17). God is truth and Satan the father of lies. These are clear facts from scripture.
There have been tracts such as the old Campus Crusade 4 points which emphasize how a train starts with the engine than goes to the caboose. That is; there is a logical sequence for us to be saved (4 spiritual laws). Part of it says that we are not to rely on feelings. I am not in total agreement with the more Arminian approach as compared to say "Chapel Library" Gospel tracts.
But I will say the point is well said in regard to emotions. We need to be cautious; of course if indeed there is some guilt from sin that we need to confess. There are many days; however when we go on with our duty as soldiers ( 2 Tim. 2:4). We are "unworthy servants" who don't need to be praised ( Luke 17:10). This doesn't change God's love for us; of course but it indicates that we have such a great debt we cannot pay for what He did for us on the cross. Remind yourself of that the next time Satan is speaking to you through one of his minions; that what Christ did defeated him; and was too precious for anything he has to offer. Again; in context the name of Jesus is a powerful weapon; but those seeking some power trip without submission will fail.
I have dealt to some extent with similar experiences with good and evil spirits. One example that frankly is sickening but needs to be stated here is many of these so called "near death experiences". Many are under the assumption that a pleasant experience indicates one is seeing heaven; and unpleasant ones often are ignored. I will start with the last point first. There are undoubtably many accounts of individuals who have had a terrifying hell type experience right before almost dying or actually dying for good. I can barely stand to think beyond that fact; but the first point is even worse. I will not state catagorically that some have a true experience with the Lord. I personally have a friend in my Bible study who has told the story more than once of a friend who came to the Lord and within a few months afterwards died of a rapidly progressing cancer. He was basically comatose and couldn't move but on the last night stood up and exclaimed loudly that He saw the Lord then dropped dead. I have heard of many who claim to have seen their loved ones but a few have progressed down a path where eventually they were revealed to be demons impersonating them and they realized they were on the way to hell. I frankly don't think anyone goes to the lake of fire yet; and has to be judged for their lives first before the permanent sentence and final death occurs of the soul which may be a few minutes after death. Again; I could elaborate further on that subject later. Necromancy; of course is forbidden in Deuteronomy; but demons will fool all who are unregenerate by this tactic I am convinced of that. We all as believers must learn how to discern or we will be crippled by spiritual warfare we are no match for the Devil.
Just as in the case of evil; when two people with familiar spirits can be attracted to one another or being otherwise manipulated; we should also discern those filled with the Spirit in the Body of Christ. More to come.
I agree with what you stated.
"Do I need to get baptized along with trusting in Jesus to be saved?
Yes, by the Holy Spirit, not by water:"
Let's look upon another quote of yours concerning those who which the law was given. "Israel."
In Matthew 15:24 Jesus said "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel".
This was not an outright rejection of the Gentiles.
"Moments later, He heals the woman's daughter" but this was a fulfillment of prophecy, a setting of priorities, and a test of the woman's faith.
In Jeremiah 50:6, God calls Israel His people and "lost sheep."
The Messiah, spoken of throughout the Old Testament, was seen as the one who would gather these "lost sheep"
Ezekiel 34:23-24 Micah 5:4-5.
When Jesus presented Himself as a shepherd to Israel, He was claiming to be the fulfillment of Messianic prophecy
Mark 6:34, 14:27. John 10:11-16.
He is simply connecting His presence with God's purpose in Old Testament history. Christ was "born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law"
Galatians 4:4-5.
John the baptist was his forerunner who came in the office of Elisha to prepare the way. Malachi 4:4-6.
This was the baptism of John.
Acts 19:4. "This baptism was only for Israel." John was preparing the way!
Christ has not yet given charge to his disciples to go out to the ends of the earth to "IDENTIFY/BAPTIZE" the Gentiles with the gathered sheep of Israel.
In-fact he didn't send them until AFTER he died on the cross and rose from the dead to atone for the sins of the whole world.
All the offerings and ordinances was a foreshadow of things to come.
Colossians 2:13-17.
Hebrews 10:1-10.
God bless and
Goodnight.
In scripture; we are given the guideline that "every spirit which says that Christ came in the flesh is from God; and the opposite holds true of the ones that deny it (such as was found in Gnosticism for instance). Thus states 1 John 4:2. We have the instance; however of Acts 16:17 where the KJV makes it appear that the girl states when possessed that Paul was showing THE way of salvation; apparently at least one other version makes it seem it should say A way of salvation. That may be a debate for another forum. What I am pointing out here is that it is unlkely a demon will say outright Jesus didn't come in the flesh at least right away or it would be a giveaway at least to some that it wasn't from God. The part of coming in the flesh as God in the flesh is important too; for the substitutionary atonement for men; as well as making a public spectacle of the powers of darkness ( Colossians 2:15) and destroying him who had power over death ( Heb. 2:14). Sin could no longer hold men and now; to be absent from the Body is present with the Lord ( 2 Cor. 5:8).
Let us look at temptation for a minute. Temptations can be both things which we know to be wrong even in a fallen state with whatever conscience we have but it also can be things which by themselves are neutral and/or good under the right circumstances. What occurs is that the mind finds comfort in the seen; material things and satisfying temporary wants and ultimately the sin is not trusting in God to meet needs in His timing. Men; of course can go from being hedonistic to self depricating behaviors not reliant on the Spirit of God such as seen at the end of Colossians 2. Notice that it mentions worshipping angels here; but we must remember any angel preaching a gospel contrary to the truth is "anathema" ( Gal. 1:8).
Usually people are agents of evil; but a possessed person can speak (of course convincing people they are deceased relatives or "guiding spirits."
In my last segment I got into how the enemy affects our old nature and has legal authority when we have unconfessed sin to mess with us to some extent. The Lord; in contrast is working with the Spirit to change the state of our souls; and to render the old man null and void despite our frequent attempts to resurrect the beast within. His yoke is easy and burden is light ( Matt. 11:30); yet for His sake we are as sheep for the slaughter ( Romans 8:35-37); in fact "killed all the day long". How can this be? It is a change of Masters from Satan to God which allows our souls not to be in bondage to our desires and tormented by the "prince of the power of the air" ( Eph. 2:2). We can have the confidence our souls are "seated in heavenly places" ( Eph. 2:6). This and many other promises are our heritage as adopted children of God.
To the unregenerate; a spiritual "experience" may seem one and the same whether from God or the fallen realm. Emotions are stirred when something empowers our minds or bodies that is foreign to our experience as humans. Often those who are into "Recreational drugs" have the same sort of experience listening to certain psychodelic type music and in fact don't need the drugs at times after a while. We can be possessed with the Holy Spirit as well; it is no less or should be no less contolling; it is just that natural man repels at the thought of such a thing; despite the absurdity that they are denying the very Creator in being Lord and Master over their individual "freedom".
It may take time to find out what actually is going on. Sometimes God indeed will use a dream or vision or experience to wake up the unregenerate. Also those who call themselves "Christian" may or not be saved. Once we know scripture we are held to be accountable therefore any spirit violating Biblical truth must be denied access into our lives or we invite evil.
My Cell phone supposedly edited your name on my previous post.
I ran a little behind on my proof reading.
Probably a basic distinction that can be made stems off from the previous discussion. Spirit beings whose source are from fallen angels and demonic entities rely on human sins to establish a foothold and more or less have men as puppets on a string. This becomes crucial in understanding why Christians must have an Ephesians 6 mentality. I have been affected myself in sleep particularly when whatever I think is God's protection seems to be of no avail from attacks. God is; in reality determining how much He will discipline us at all times; but if God could use a "messenger from Satan" against Paul ( 2 Cor. 12:7) and in fact allow Satan to affect Peter's mind to teach him to utterly depend on God ( Matthew 16:23); we certainly should be proactive ourselves. Our sinful nature as well as expressions of such give Satan and his minions legal action to either oppress or in some cases possess individuals. I am not about to debate if a Christian can be possessed outright but we certainly will be attacked.
The Holy Spirit of course confirms with our spirit that we are indeed "children of God" ( Romans 8:16 roughly translated).
Of course the obvious distinction of God is His "omni" everything (time; presence and authority). God in Isaiah 40:28 makes it clear that He never grows weary. Of course Christ did when He was in human form but in the Spirit He was always awake and alert; but now as in Psalm 121:4 "He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep."
I had thought that 1 Peter 5:8 says Satan doesn't sleep but it advises us to be ever vigilant. Spirit beings; however show no evidence of being tired in scripture. More in my nest installment.
That is a good and often asked question.
You asked it in a direct and simple way, " Do you have to be baptized TO ENTER HEAVEN?
With the emphasis being on "TO GET INTO HEAVEN.
Is it REQUIRED OR NOT?
When those answering this important question let's not straddle the fence trying not to offend a friend or foe, and answer it directly whether you hold the truth or not!!
I'm going to answer this question the way it was asked, in a short, direct and simple way.
That answer is NO.
Water baptism is a testimony of our salvation and shows our identification with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection.
We're asked to testify of "An action THAT HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE".
I am not ashamed of the answer and believe it to be truth.
God bless.
Dear Heavenly Father, today we lift up to You Esmin and ask in the name of Jesus that You will bring repair and restoration to her umbilical area. We ask that You have the repairs to this hernia be successful and that she will not have any more problems with hernias again. Amen.
We obey or not.
God bless,
RLW
Jesus never did anything necessarily by "custom", but deliberately to teach, exemplify, fulfill prophecy or Scripture, to fore-shadow, to demonstrate a future command, to show His divine authority, or especially, His unquestioning obedience to the Father.
When He was baptized, the Father and the Holy Spirit manifested themselves to show their pleasure in His obedience and approval of water baptism.
Likewise, when Jesus commanded something, He did not command something that was frivolous, optional, unimportant, or necessary for us to obey. So, His command to believe and be baptized is, in my opinion, a vital act of obedience by those who profess to love Him and desire to imitate Him and follow His teachings and commands. '
So, yes, believers are called by our Lord to be water baptized as an act of faith, just like Abraham was sacrificing Isaac as an act of faith, and this action, done in faith, was counted to him as righteousness.
"What is not from faith is sin, Paul says in Romans 14:23, so water baptism must be done with faith in Jesus, not as a rote ritual. And James, chapter 2 speaks specifically about the relationship of faith and works. But this is not that we are saved by faith and works, but that works will follow faith in the life of a believer and certainly obeying the commands and example of Jesus is the work we are to do as we love Him and love others according to His command to do so.
Water baptism is a wonderful witness to the saving grace of God through Jesus. Those who witness ones baptism are uplifted and joyfully thankful for the salvation of this new believer as the believer testifies to their conversion by being water baptized as Jesus commanded.
Adam, thank you for upholding the Lord's instructions on this action of faith we are commanded to do. It is for all believers to obey and there is always a benefit to obedience.
I like to flip the question and ask why would a Christ-follower not want to follow Christ? Are there any legitimate reasons not to be baptized in water?
Jesus said this:
"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." Mark 16:16 KJV
"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:" Matthew 28:19 KJV
Some Christians I encounter seem quite satisfied and maybe even relieved on their assumption that they don't need to be immersed in water anymore. But is that really what Jesus said and meant?
"John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost." Acts 11:16 KJV
Baptism with the Holy Ghost doesn't necessarily mean without water. It seems Jesus indicates the baptism before Jesus arrived was not with the Holy Ghost. And it's noteworthy that even though Jesus was now there, He still was baptized in water! It was so important that even Jesus did it Himself as an example to follow. And then they continued baptizing in water after Jesus left. I see no verse anywhere saying for everyone to stop baptizing in water.
Some are motivated to not be baptized for personal reasons, not for reasons of obedience as a Christ-follower. But it doesn't matter what man thinks, but what God says and He already said to be baptized. So, if following Jesus is important to someone I think that following what Jesus says is important.
Other Christians echoed this about water baptism after Jesus left too, like Paul in Acts 2:38.
It would be brazen to ignore such a clear and obvious command. Others seem confident and willing to gamble on this that they're interpreting it correctly. But obeying involves no risk and no downside, but disobeying and seeing how much one can get away with not doing seems risky. No one is claiming that act itself saves, but deliberately disobeying God while also claiming to follow Him seems questionable.
Do I need to get baptized along with trusting in Jesus to be saved?
Yes, by the Holy Spirit, not by water:
In the Old Testament, water baptism was practiced. This was under the LAW, meaning that the way to salvation was through obedience to the LAW of God, and sacrificing animals, who's blood would atone for their sins.
In the New Testament, Jesus was the sacrifice. His blood atones for our sins. We are baptized with the Holy Spirit.
So YES baptism is required, but it's automatic once you accept the Gospel and follow Jesus.
It's OK to get a water baptism, but it doesn't save you. It's an expression of your love for Christ and your public pledge to follow him, but it's not required. Hope this helps! God bless!
When the Spirit dwells in an individual in our current Dispensation a foreign righteousness enters our world. He uses the most subtle means and is often quite gentle; but make no mistake. He's not there to do anything less than cause the death of our old nature and all the desires of the flesh. How willingly we submit will determine our spiritual rewards or lack thereof; and could even shorten our life if we aren't careful ( 1 Cor. 11:30). I HIGHLY recommend new believers to examine Paul's writings to the Corinthians after gaining a basic understanding of the Gospels. There is much to learn there about maturity; church discipline and many common problems still relevant today involving cultural surroundings and the affect on those who are new creatures in Christ. 1 Corinthians 4:21 gives the question if Paul would be preferred to come with a "rod of discipline" and this can be applied to the Lord Himself chastising us as we grow in faith. He is the "Captain" of the ship and therefore of our souls ( Heb. 2:10).
The mystery of God involves how God can dwell with man; the infinite with finite flesh ( 1 Cor. 3:16-17). As long as we are on earth; this paradox of foreign righteousness contends with the flesh and we are torn between the two. Christ; then IS our righteousness ( 1 Cor. 1:30) but the source comes from without. We die daily ( 1 Cor. 15:31) as we are transformed by the renewing of our mind ( Romans 12:2).
The church was built with the plan for the Body to be "fitted together" ( 1 Cor. 12:18 and also Ephesians 4:16). Once we get past the melee which was the state of the Corinthians as a "motley crew" that had to be disciplined we are in theory to build one another up. That involves the strong in faith teaching the weak ( Titus 2:4-6) (and apparently 84 other verses in scripture specifically relating to women in that role!) as well as exhortation; rebuke; and reproving ( 2 Tim. 4:2); as well as sympathy ( Rom. 12:15)
"This Know them all is an intimacy with humanity" That is gonna result in a birth of Christ in everyman....As Jeremiah 30:6 he saw all men in travail and birth pains..All men...You have not chosen me but i have chosen you...While we were yet sinners Christ died for every man...I was found of them that sought me not and made manifest unto them that asked not after me...Thats y Jesus says he has to KNOW us...Thus that tree of KNOWLEDGE....And Isaiah speaks of a Knowledge that is gona cover the earth as the waters covers the seas...Thus a 2 nd Flood that is gona kill all of humanity according to our old adamic nature...Man's carnal minds which is the very enemy of God...If thy right hand offend thee cut it off...As our God is a consuming fire that is gona consume mans adamic nature...Thus our new hearts and new spirts answers to a New Earth and New Heavens...When Jesus began his ministry he was preaching i come to bring fire on the earth...Which is his baptism of the H.G. n fire..ok lemme go..And Joel 2:28 speaks of God pouring out of his spirit on ALL flesh...Thats y he said the harlots and the whoremongers will go into the Kingdom of heaven b/f you....I will KNOW them all from the least to the greatest...And if ya be in Christ then are you Abrahams seed and heirs according to that Promise of multiplication of Christ seed...The H.G.The Promise.
I will start this off by saying emphatically that those who say that we should be in love with Christ are placing a confusing term on Agape; which transcends all other human affections. I believe it is safe to say that God's love never relies or comes after human feelings; whether "phileo" (such as brotherly love) and certainly not eros (which involves sensual aspects). It is true that our emotions in any commitment; including the highest one in our spiritual lives will have our mind; heart and soul involved as we gain trust and learn obedience. That is probably what those who are well intentioned mean by this phrase. And in an abstract sense those who are in and ONLY in a Godly marriage can find intimacy as a result of God being at the core of their relationship. But the opposite is risked here and the fruit thereof is often seen in the mega churches. This is seen in the not so veiled "prosperity gospel" that invokes "sowing a seed" to the ministry and promising all sorts of finacial windfalls and is also seen in music obviously appealing to the flesh in the way women dress and shallow lyrics at best with just enough scripture to make it deadly. Matthew 13:30 gives us a strong admonition for those who "immediately" recieve the Word (or seed of truth) with joy. Without root; then as with many today we don't see an enduring capacity when trials of life and cares of this world come along. In fact it seems persecution isn't usually found in these places (hence a real drawing power). 2 Timothy 3:12; of course shows that all who are Godly will be persecuted; and it emphasizes the word "desire" to be Godly. This implies that we obey God because we love Him ( John 14:15).
The flesh and Spirit are in contention with each other ( Galatians 5:17). We need to keep in mind that every good and perfect gift is from above ( James 1:17).
In my next section I will discuss aspects of the Holy Spirit in ministry.
Faith is like a spirtual Pregnancy....Simply b/c we have the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen...The Substance of a kingdom and the evidence of a baby Christ in us which is the H.G. As Jesus said that which is born of the spirit is spirit which is the H.G. thus it cannot be seen...But we know we got it b/c we can feel him moving in our spirits.... Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for ( the fetus ) The evidence of things not seen...( a baby Christ the Kingdom ).. As Jesus said unless you receive the Kingdom as a lil Child you will in no wise enter there in..Thats y the new birth is so important.
Thats y he always refered to himself as the Son of Man...Simply b/c mankind needs to bring forth fruit unto God which is the H.G. that Child of Promise... Romans 7 :4...But we have to go thru a war with the Tares Satans Seed...Thats y Jesus said there will be Kingdom against Kingdom..The Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence simply b/c of the wheat and the Tares are at war...And this war rages with in us...In our hearts and minds...The 2 men in 1 bed is just 1 man that is at war with the Tares Wheat n the Tares..Thats y we must endure to the end th Harvest..1 taken 1 left.GB
But with the New Covenant ( by his blood ) there is also a Child involved...Which is the H.G. that Child of Promise...Thats y Jesus is saying that which is Born of the Spirit is Spirit...Thats y John said,..little Children your sins are forgiven for his Name sake... 1st John 2:12..Which is the Israel of God... Spirits...The H.G. Comes in his Name thus no SIN IS IMPUTED.
When Jesus said its FINISHED...When he was on the Cross he was initiating a New Covenant in his blood...Thus there is absolutely no more works we can do...He did it all...Under the old covenant we cd do works ( the law )...But there is no more works under this New Covenant...All of our sins are forgiven for his Name Sake the H.G. the Child of Promise...Remember the H.G. that Child of Promise comes in his name...The Father will send the H.G. in my name impling he is the father of the H.G. and the H.G. will regenerate himself in humanity after the book is opened...Thats when the woman gets Pregnant after the Book is opened...Thus there is gonna be an Israel of God...What Abraham did on the Earth via Faith is gonna be done in heaven and earth via the seed of Christ Jesus...The contents of that Book he wrote with his own blood..
But now under this New Covenant we birth a baby Christ via Jesus seed his words...Thats y there is no sin imputed simply b/c of the Children of Promise the H.G. which is his name sake ... John 1 :13...Which were born NOT by the will of blood nor of the will of man nor of flesh,but only by the will of God...These are the Children of PROMISE...The H.G...Thus there is no sin imputed to them that are bornagain.
Then in Romans 4:1-8, Paul gives an example of Abraham who was justified before God (i.e. declared righteous) without him having to work to obtain that right standing before God. If Abraham had any goodness within him that could secure God's Approval, then he would have to pat himself on the back, for God would give him no credit (loosely translated from verse 2). But as Genesis 15:6 states, "And he (Abram) believed in the LORD; and he (God) counted it to him for righteousness".
So Paul uses these illustrations to show that our righteousness before God can only come by faith alone in Him and nothing else. That being the case, how "blessed" are those who are completely forgiven, sins cast aside, and we now stand before the Lord uncondemned. When the Lord does not "impute" sin to the one made righteous by faith, that sin which was removed can no longer be reckoned or charged to his 'account' (i.e. not imputed). This of course, does not give the saved sinner liberty to continue to sin knowing he is made righteous before God, but now being saved from sin's penalty & God's Judgement, he by the power of the Holy Spirit within will now live unto God, dealing swiftly with any sin that surfaces. As 2 Corinthians 5:15 states, "And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again." "...we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul" ( Hebrews 10:39).
We are indeed so blessed to be in this glorious position of being the beloved of God, accepted, uncondemned. Those thoughts should always be in the forefront of our hearts & minds when sin comes knocking at our door.