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You state that the only sin is unbelief! Jesus never said that. There are many sins, and christians along with believing in Jesus Christ - WE must also strive to be free from sin!
It sounds to me that you are saying as long as we believe in Jesus Christ we can continue to sin with no repercussions....
Why would Jesus say in the following verses "sin no more"?
John 8:11
"She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more."
John 5:14
"Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee."
This is "very powerful" scripture telling us that we must strive to be SIN FREE. Yes, we are imperfect, and we will sin and fall short, but when we do we must still pray for forgiveness and strive to change and walk in Christ.
It's not easy to get into heaven and this verse confirms:
Matthew 7:14
"Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."
As Christians we CANNOT ignore the above scripture, or we will only be fooling ourselves......
God bless
I strive to have a conscience "void of offense toward God and man." God bless.
God said He is not a respecter of men.
( Romans 2:11)For there is no respect of persons with God.
When God remembered his covenant, he respected the captives of the children of Israel.
( Exodus 2:24-25) And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
This example makes it clear that God has respect for meaningful mortal endeavors. If you wanted to get technical, you could rationalize that while God is not a respecter of persons, he sure do love Him some whole house of Israel.
I tend to think because Moses killed in cold blood, he too was excluded from entering the Holy land. Just a gut feeling.
( Exodus 2:11-12)
11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
Apparently the "layers of a woman" is supposedly a woman's bed. Layers, meaning bed linens? I do not know. But it sounds to me that it means a man shouldn't lie down in any woman's bed unless it is the bed he shares with his wife. Since the other verses are about incest, it could also mean for a man not to lie in a woman's bed who is a close relative.
I like your aim. I must tell you that all souls return to God, not Jesus.
( Ecclesiastes 12:7) Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
It's another angle to consider.
As you are free to have your beliefs as we all are. I myself believe us in Christ(our spirit/soul) go to be with the Lord, where He is, when we die. As I'm not here to argue with you, as said, you are free to have your beliefs as I am. All I'm going to do is leave a couple Scriptures that pertain our "spirit" does not sleep. 1 Corinthians 15:51. In Luke 16 about two different men being in two different places after death. Then in Luke 23:43 Jesus telling the one man who hung with Him that today "shalt thou be with Me in paradise".
Again I'm not here to change your mind or argue anything. As maybe some people do sleep till judgement. Though I believe us in Christ go to be with the Lord when our physical bodies are done. As we are His.
God Bless you brother Adam.
In some quarters of the world, Jesus is mythical as all get out.
You're not wrong.
Paul said he would "rather" be absent from the body and with the Lord. It doesn't say in 100% of all cases, every time, that when someone is not alive that they are with the Lord. Big difference. I personally do not believe people go to the Lord upon death, but sleep until judgment day, based on scriptures I've read. God bless...
2 Corinthians 5:8
In WWII Germany would be the whore, and the allies would be the beast.
Who is God describing as end-time foes?
What I don't approve of is giving false Biblical accounts from what actually happened, and then defending that ill position with more non-applicable scripture. Just throwing it out there, seeing what sticks. This is a competition for truth and understanding. You could spend all day correcting fundamental errors, but who will listen, clinging on to false pre-conceptions? You can make mistakes, correct yourself, and if you are serious, you better know the subject matter, not what someone has falsely imparted to you.
You missed the meaning of God's message to man; He's saying "know your place". That is my message to those putting weight on a false doctrine. There is no such thing as a "rapture", only a structured, 2 part resurrection.
Isaiah 45:9
9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Let's discuss the differences between tithing and offerings.
Jubilee. Is it only for Jewish people?
Am I bad? I think we tithe cause God ordained it. I give offerings because all people need food.
15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that THOUGHT upon his name.
17 And they shall be MINE, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
***If you have never belonged to anyone, here is your chance to be cherished, protected. In Song of Solomon, there are 3 scriptures that say:
I, am my Beloved's. My Beloved is Mine!
There is no reason to feel alone, cut off, abandoned, betrayed, isolated with our regrets;
Unloved, unwanted by anybody, not good enough, an ugly gray duckling.
When you get to the end of your SELF, reach out and TAKE HOLD of Jesus. He loves you unwaveringly forever. He came to earth just for you! He took the sins of the whole world...why?
For God so LOVED the world.
You are the object of His Affection, and Sacrifice.
When I understood this, I was smitten forever.
I have Someone who is never going away. I will never break this relationship. This is the kind of Love that Heals us.
Understand, there is no male, female in this Love. It's all God, and all me. We can't really love others until we experience this God kind of love. Agape.
Happiness shows on your face. Look into your eyes, and you will see LOVE looking back at you. You're Loved. You belong to Someone stronger than all your pain that you carried. The weight over your heart, disappears. Your bad memories belong to Him NOW.
Be released. Lean in and be loved. Let the fire of your love rest on your Beloved.
Adam did not instruct God when he was being fashioned.
Real artists use different types of clay for different effects, colors, texture. Lots of variables.
The artist will sit and consider the clay before he touches it. What will it be? I've done some sculpting myself. Every piece is unique. Beloved. Is what I was feeling and thinking, at that time.
That's how we know that God...is Creative. He does not want to destroy what He creates.
Sitting on a dusty table in the corner, doesn't mean you have not worth. That is your place to adorn and display the beauty molded inside of you. God knows what He formed inside of each one of us.
God is not a machine that copies the original, like the Statue of Liberty. Each creation is an original.
Think on these things. Let's look at each other differently. We are NOT the color, nor the texture; all alone. We are complete as we are as a whole. People see in us, something they've never seen before...anywhere.
I don't see races. I see the whole one. Created to stand alone, in the beauty of uniqueness.
Why do we not see that about each other? True, we did not create each other. God sees each child in its mothers womb. Two DNA's being knit into one. The Bible says children are the Lords REWARD. He knows of each child. Their souls in their unformed bodies: return to God; if they are not born. What a powerful verse, in the Bible!!
We cannot even imagine the joy awaiting us in Heaven. We had huge yearly family reunions when I was a child. It was a blessing to see each person there and know we all descended from the same couple!
People, we are all Gods children. Absolutely not mistakes. Created just as we are. Our ancestors, selected and recorded in Gods Book. Even our divorces and restarts.
Groups separated by color, culture, ancestry, are from a different Kind of creator. The creator of Chaos. Satan. Remove yourself from him.
M.