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Dear Felix , I'm very happy for you , thank you for sharing your joy and for giving God the glory , may He continue to bless you every day .

whats the verse of the prodigal son

The Father, and Son Jesus, and the spirit of God (Holy Ghost)

John 20:16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.-- Notice it didn't say that God sent God, I can't believe God is trying to fool us.

Isaiah 35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

Aren't we glad that we have this good simple gospel that even a fool shall not err therein.

Hello William. We're not given the answer to your question, but one can only surmise from the details already provided in Matthew chapter 3 & Matthew 11:2-6 specifically.

From those Scriptures, I believe that John the Baptist knew that Jesus was his cousin. They would have certainly known each other & probably played together as children. When John was led into his ministry by the Lord, he was found in the wilderness of Judaea & in the Jordan area baptizing. So it seems that both he & Jesus may have lost contact with each other for some years, until their coming together in Matthew 3:13. It appears John recognized his cousin at this point, but sadly in Matthew 11, we see an imprisoned John sending out two of his disciples to enquire whether this Worker of miracles was indeed the Christ or if there was another he should be expecting. Whether John was unsure that it was his cousin doing those miracles that he was hearing of, or whether John, in prison, started to weary in faith & hope to have asked such a question, we're not told. John may have questioned in himself, why he was still in prison when the Messiah who had the power to secure his release, was ministering elsewhere - didn't Jesus have some pity for him? We just don't know & I can only offer this for your thoughts & discernment. Though, yes, I believe that they were both fully aware of their family connections.

i heard that pharmacys were used to help destroy america in revelations,what chapter is it in please thank you

who was Joesph's father?

Thank you very much Cindy. Today I want to give a testimony that after a long wait, finally light shone my way. Last month my employer not only raised my salary but was also promoted. I give it to God for He has finally heard my cry and wiped away my tears.

This is just a guess from me but I don't think that any of us Christians will loose any sleep over nosrtowhatshisox . None of us should pay any attention to any kind of charlatan .

Dear Frances. U know when u are a baby, u cant absolute read att all. When u grow up u will understand. Some like it differently. I like capitalized, becouse i want too give Him the extra greace. And when it comes to the devil i dont. I see some scripture dont use capitalized att all, when they speak of the Lord Him Self. And sometime it looks like it mixed up. It can be confusing. Some scripts have a red under subtitle or Jesus writing in red. Or everything He saids is in red. I dont want too read that at all. Its all about whom who have done the translation. Good luck reading the Holy Scripture. God bless u.

I remember one Frances i met in Jerusalem, he wantet too go to UK.

Dear sister in the Lord. He will as much you cry out. He draw you to forgive your self, in time. Stay patient and belive the promises of the Holy Bible. Nothing is possible for Him. John 14.27

Christine, 'plunder' isn't in that verse, & I don't believe it's used in the KJV (from a quick search for that word). Were you looking at another Bible version, or maybe you meant to write another similar word?

Lol. What are you talking about? The Sun and moon stood still. That means the earth stopped spinning. This was a miracle by God. Have some faith. Dont give in to the world who needs an exact logical explanation. They seek a sign. As a matter of fact, it would not surprise me if later on in the future, it is revealed that the sun actually circles the earth! Scientist always change their understanding every few years. When i was in school in the early 90s they taught us that the gravity of mars would crush you! Now they changed that! Truth is, science these days is not science anymore. Mostly baloney

Hi , I never said he was here , I said it's those who fall victim to him ,.. that's all , you'll know when he's here , because God states , most everyone will be fooled , for he is, pretending to be Jesus,..

thank you

Would God considered Nastrodomuos prediction coming from him lies and considered him evil?

God says He knows only those that keep His way,His commandments and though many call His name he does not know them.God knows that all that die in this life will be given another kick at the cat so to speak.If not in the first resuerection then the second.

Hi Eric. Are you referring to Jeremiah chapter 44? If so, verse 16 speaks about the Jews living in Egypt refusing to listen to the words of Jeremiah, but would rather sacrifice to idols as their lives were better off (vv17,18). Maybe you missed the words "we will NOT hearken unto thee (Jeremiah)". They should have remembered how the Lord destroyed Jerusalem earlier because of their idolatry & their land became a curse (vv 20-22).

Hi Eric. It's my understanding that in Jeremiah 46:11,19,20,24 where the 'daughter of Egypt, virgin daughter, fair heifer' are mentioned, they speak of only Egypt, as a land that up to this time had never been conquered.

But Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon would come during the reign of Jehoiakim of Judah, & Egypt would be delivered into Babylon's hands. Jeremiah prophesied this a few years prior to the arrival of Nebuchadnezzar, in 605 BC. Jeremiah 46:2 speaks of the battle being in Carchemish, which was in present-day southern Turkey. Apparently, Egypt had rule over that city & that's where Babylon met Egypt in battle. Ezekiel also mentions this battle in chapter 30 (if you want to read ahead from your present studies).

So, the 'virgin daughter of Egypt' implies the unconquered state of the land Egypt & therefore the 'daughter of Egypt' would be all those in Egypt awaiting their fate (i.e. the take-over of Babylon) as the battle at Carchemish would be lost & they would become vassals of Babylon. You're doing a good job with your studies, Eric.

Ephesians 5:25-5:27

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing;

The Lord Jesus gave his body in love, he sanctifies, cleanses, washes with the water of the word this glorious body, that he may give this body to himself.

Ephesians 5:28

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Husbands in the Lord will also sanctify, cleanse and wash with the word so that he and his wife are one in Christ Jesus a part of the glorious body, the church ready for the Lord to take this body to himself.

I understand now..its exactly how i feel know..jesus is speaking to my heart. noone can save me but him...oh lord please hear my cry....thank you jesus.....

If you have made many mistakes .. would god forgive you. if you cant forgive yourself...

I do love my wife. But if I really loved my wife and God I should of never given into that sin. We did talk 2 night. I'm going 2 start seeing a Christian therapist.

Is daughter of Egypt suppose to mean something? Like the holy people left that dwell in Egypt?

We are so stubborn. The jews reached out to Jeremiah to pray for them and will do as the Lord says then rejects the answer. As God said in this chapter, you will see I'm telling the truth and by then it will be too late. You will see evil and not good from God.

Dear Robert , if there is one drop of love left between you and your wife then you two , with God's help , can fix this . Talk to each other honestly and respectfully . May God bless you both and may He keep you both close to Him and to each other .

ChrisE We are on the same page just saying it differently. It's all Good In His Service

Earl I've decided to give you an example of something that happened to me where I was given no choice because of the circumstance but the outcome was definitely the will of God because I believed. This is the first of many miracles in my life. I was working in a prefab housing plant and someone just set up 14 22ft roof trusses against a wall on iron rails but forgot to tie them in. I was walking by them and they came down on me, I woke up 5 hours later in an emergency room, and went out again. When I woke up I was in a bed my neck was in bandages and still half out of it a doctor was standing over me and told me I couldn't move.

I was in absolute pain from head to toe, and in front of the doctor I close my eyes and thanked God that I was healed in the name of Jesus Christ, immediately a warm gentle rush went through my body from head to toe and I sat up and went to the mens room to relieve myself. The physician and the guy in the bed next to me were blown away.

The doctor ask me how did i do that, I told Him I prayed to be healed by God in the name of Jesus Christ and He healed me. The physician didn't believe me. Now I refuse to believe that Gods will was to have about 800 lbs. of wood fall on me,and no I was not used to set an example, but without question, His will is to heal.

Also I got a phone call from a fellow worker who could not believe I was still alive, he quit because the shock of me being alive was too much for His head. I've learned that not only that I believe Gods Word but also what I believe about Gods Word has an affect. Your love and compassion for the gospel is evident. In His Service

Corinthians 7:15 "But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace."

This Scripture helped me

when I went through the same

thing with my ex fianc. I heard a preacher preach on abuse in marriage and use this verse to propose one should leave. I took that. Basically, my

Ex didn't believe in being a good Christian husband. He gave all the talk when we met but then the mask slipped! In other words he departed from love and was cruel. If he was ever a true Believer - I don't know. That is between him and God. Needless to say; I thank God I was delivered from him completely. It's dangerous to stay with abusers. If they don't end up killing you physically (abuse escalates most of the time) then the stress and knock on effects of staying lead to a destroyed life and other tragic losses like your health and your other relationships. I just said a prayer for you.

Glenn said: "The falling away, simply means people have fallen in to the deception of the anti- Christ ,.. an that will certainly be one of his messages, " I've come to rapture you away " !!! So yes , being careful is so very correct,.."

The man of sin, son of perdition HAS NOT "been revealed" yet, so this is Impossible! "The falling away" is simply "THE Departure" to meet CHRIST in the air, that Paul has Already Taught In 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 2 Thessalonians 2:1, and 1 Corinthians 15:51-57.

The DOUBLE "deception" is AFTER "THE Departure FIRST," And:

2Th 2:8 "...THEN shall that Wicked BE REVEALED, whom The LORD Shall Consume with The Spirit Of HIS Mouth, and Shall Destroy with The Brightness Of HIS Coming:

2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not The Love Of The Truth, that they might be saved.

2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them Strong Delusion, that they should believe a lie:

2Th 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not The Truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."

So, yes I agree: being careful/PRAYERFUL in 'study' is so very correct!

Praise HIM, Who Is Coming for our Wonderful Departure To GloryLand! Amen?

Precious Rick: "sorry was not following conversation correctly...5 called saul "out, vs 6 saul trembling the word is tremo absolute terror, this guy went from no fear bold as brass to absolute terror because his head says whats going on but still says what do you want me to do. No where in that whole conversion did the lord beat/condemn him, why because he was doing it out of ignorance." It's ok:

So, in "that whole conversion" you say Paul "was NOT Saved" Until later, when "Ananias laid hands on him, and he was healed physically and was baptized spiritually"?

1) I believe he was saved/converted, and had the "INDWELLING Holy Spirit, BAPTIZED as the FIRST member" {our 'pattern' ( 1 Timothy 1:16) for God's NEW Dispensation Of GRACE!}, And Today's Body Of CHRIST, ON the road {church Birthday!}, By JESUS' Pure MERCY, because that's where he proclaimed: "LORD, what wilt thou have me to do?" ( Acts 9:6).

We do know THIS Scripture: "Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by The Spirit of God calleth JESUS accursed: and that no man can say that JESUS Is The LORD, but 'BY' The Holy Ghost." ( 1 Corinthians 12:3), Correct?

Thus, IF Paul DID NOT have The Holy Spirit, THEN he would NOT have said: "LORD," Correct?

2) Now, about Ananias {a "devout man according To The LAW!" Acts 22:12}, this could NOT have been the salvation/conversion above, and The ONE Baptism 'BY' The Holy Spirit, because when he "laid hands {NOT our 'pattern'} on Saul," he "received The FILLING of The Spirit, the SAME as The Twelve apostles received, CHRIST Baptizing them 'WITH' The Holy Spirit, For "power, signs, and wonders," Which Were In Effect, "Confirming The Word," UNTIL The Scriptures Were Completed. This was done by Paul, "fulfilling/Completing" The Scriptures With Romans-Philemon = God's Revelation Of The MYSTERY! ( Colossians 1:25-26).

3) Thus, ALL the THIRTEEN apostles had this power to CONFIRM CHRIST's Messages In Which LAW Disappeared as GRACE Came to be IN FULL EFFECT! Amen?

I would suggest that you start in the new testament, starting with the four gospels, as this is the ministry of Jesus, and the salvation of the cross, as Jesus says in Matthew 5:17 "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil". in other words fulfilling of the old testament and its laws and prophecy, and starting from the book of Acts to up to Revelations is the spreading of his gospel, But wherever you decide to start may God bless you on that journey.