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Mike please read Luke 15 32 and Luke 15 1 7. As long as there is breath in your body it is never too late.

Mike, you say you have backslidden and are worried about your salvation. Remember the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15 11 32. This is such a wonderful example of God 's love for us and His forgiveness of our sins if we fall into a sinful life after being saved. It sounds like you are truly sorry for your mistakes. I 'm sure you have asked for God to forgive you and if you asked for forgiveness and meant it in your heart, God has already forgiven you. Jesus died for our sins past, present and future. God loves you no matter what you have done and wants the very best for you.

Just wanting to know if it 's too late for me,I was baptised,stood in front of the church,and said I 'd follow Jesus.and I back slided.cant help but think I 'm going to hell.im realy scared.can you help me please???

Bible made it cleaned that,we should love not the world neither things in the world because things in the world are temporal that is, things that can perish at any point in time. Jesus Christ came to this world to demonstrate that, we should invest in heaven rather than earth. We should not be carried away with the excitement of this world so that everyone of us will claim the mansion he has prepared.Our souls is precious to him.

I was once out in the world and I gave it all I could. I had a thing about dancing and sex. I got used up. I am so glad God called me into His Kingdom He loved me so that He forgave me and took me in. Since I have been with my Lord Jesus I have been loved corrected chastised rebuked And Blessed beyond measure. I have and am still learning to lean on Jesus and to Trust Him more and More. He loves me so much and because He does I love Him more and more. He is such a wonderful Lord and Saviour. Praise God !!!!

Our soul is priceless. There is no amount of money, land or wordly possessions or status, that can ever measure up to or equal our soul. It is the MOST valuable part of our lives. Also, there is nothing we can give God to get us into heaven. There is no buying back our souls. There is no purgatory. If we leave out Jesus on this side and fail to be baptized with the Holdy Ghost and the fire, we will not get into heaven, and will be on our way to hell for eternity, where there is no end. Give up the world like Jesus did and follow Him.

Jesus referred to Peter as Petros meaning small stone, and then Jesus stated, upon this rock meaning Petra , which is a massive rock, will I build my church . In other words, Christ was not making Peter the foundation because to do so will be detrimental to the kingdom, because of man s instability. However, when Peter stated that Thou art the Christ Jesus rewarded him by stating that he is Peter which is a small rock connecting all those whom he come in contact with to the rock Petra , which is a massive rock which is Christ himself. For Christ is the foundation according to 1 Corinthians 3 11. This connection will be done through Peter s testimony of Jesus being the Christ. So, therefore for I believe Jesus was letting Peter know that he will build his church upon the testimony of Peter which states, thou art the Christ . When we all have Peter s testimony that Jesus is the Christ, we will also become Petros a small stone adding to the church, for every saint is a stone according to 1 Peter 2 5 .

We should never compromise the Truth whatsoever the pressure.Christ has given us control.When we open up to compromise we are opening te door to the devil

Please let us believe Christ every second!

Many church goers do not embrace the fact that we have authority to proclaim that the power we possess comes from the risen Savior Jesus the Christ. We are to construct our daily sojourn on fact and not just idol words, but words that have accent on eternity. Government would have us to think that separation of church and state is to divide, and show or reveal that our authority or power to build is in the hands of those that fail to acknowledge Jesus as the first source to seek above all.

Verse 18 Jesus calls Simon Rock Petras in the Septuagint Greek which is itself a translation of the older Aramaic. Look at the subsequent commission Jesus tells Peter that the gates of hell will not prevail against it. And whatever you declare bound on earth is bound in heaven and whatever thou looses on earth will be loosed in heaven. A rebuke followed by giving such authority or a commission followed by giving authority? Sounds like authority. The same authority with which successors approved the Christian Bible around 389 AD. No authority no Bible. Jesus ' authority given to the Apostles, given to their successors who had authority to approve the Bible of 389 AD. What authority the New Testament has is derived from Jesus bestowing authority to his Apostles. And the gates of Hell will not prevail against it.

To deny yourself means to say YES to God and say NO to satan

Not by our own works lest any man should boast but by Christ Jesus is the work of the cross completed

It really tells us not to worry if we are not rich but be happy of what we got in our hands to survive As long as we accept Jesus in our life and have happiness in our family then that is it rather than being rich and end up in hell

Just wana thank u for all this explanation of Mathew 16:24. I feel so revived I have been so self sentered but after reading this verse I've learnt to deny myself and also to be temparate

SOMETIMES WE GET CAUGHT ON THE FENCE GOD SAID ITS TIME TO LET GO ALL THINGS THATS NOT LIKE HIM PUT IT BEHIND.THANK GOD FOR MY MIND.

On verse 18 don't slide into the sand ( Matt 7:26). Peter is "A stone" ( Jn 1:42) not "this rock". Jesus said in ( Jn 2:19) "this temple" and "he spake of the temple of his body" look at verse 21! The Jews missed that like people do today when they read "this rock" in Matt 16:18. Christ is the Rock ( Ps 62:2,1 Cor 10:4, 2 Sam 22.2, etc.) Please don't get the wrong Rock. (Deu 32:31) For their rock is not as our Rock!

GOD please save us and count us worthy in thy KINGDOM.

The most precious thing god has blessed us with is our soul! People allow themselves to get caught Up in material gain! U will never ever see a uhaul follow a hurst! Can't take it with u! I hope and Pray to see heaven! And the road that is paved with gold! Hallalujah!

Upon "Revelation" revealed knowledge, "from GOD" I will build my church, not Peter!

even in Jesus day there was much false doctrine,we must study the word of God,because there's just one way, the Holy Spirit does the teaching,he will reveal false doctrine, the most important teaching of all is salvation, Romans 3:23, 5:12,6:23,10:9,10,13. John 1:12, Acts2:41

...they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom is also related to Mathew 26:29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. It is not the second coming of Jesus in the judgement day but it refers to the Church of God build upon the rock,in Mathew 16:18. This is the Kingdom of God mentioned in a prayer that ....thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.(Daniuel 5:21 & Daniel 2:44) It is a true church found in the Bible by which the gates of hell shall not prevail. 2nd Cor. 1:1; 1 Cor. 1:1-2

Luke 9: 27-36 and Mark 9:1-9 answers Matt. 16:28 in that this was fulfilled six days afterwards where Peter, James, and John ("some standing here") got to witness Jesus coming (Strongs G2064 verb used for BOTH arriving and returning ALSO metaphor for SHOWING ITSELF)i.e Jesus SHOWING HIMSELF/REVEALED IN TRANSFIGURATION with Moses and Elijah on the Mountain.
ALSO, biblically, the meaning of 'the kingdom of G-d' FAR MORE THAN the elementary idea of a physical gov't.

I fell cool when i read this

As Christians, our mission is to walk with Christ to stay in the Salvation Realm. Material things are vanity. A saved soul lives forever.

Generatiions of people who are hatters of God and His word, they love sin and all acts of sin, they despice the law of the bible.

(This is my response to Dom Di Stroia's comment 8/12/2013 at 4:47pm on Acts Chapter 9):

Our Lord Jesus Christ was saying upon "THIS ROCK" I will build "MY CHURCH" ( Matthew 16:18). That spiritual "ROCK" was "CHRIST" ( 1 Corinthians 10:4). Therefore, HE meant to say upon "MYSELF" I will build "MY CHURCH". That Church which He built is none other but the "HOUSE of GOD", which is the "CHURCH of the LIVING GOD", the "PILLAR and GROUND of the TRUTH" ( 1Timothy 3:15). That "TRUTH" is our "LORD JESUS CHRIST" ( John 14:6). That "TRUTH" is the "WORD" of GOD ( John 17:17). That "WORD" was "MADE FLESH" ( John 1:14). But "BEFORE" the "WORD" was "MADE FLESH" HE "was" "GOD" ( John 1:1). If you understand the greatness of the "MYSTERY" of His "GODLINESS" ( 1Timothy 3:16) therefore there is no doubt that you belong to the "CHURCH" that "JESUS CHRIST" built upon "HIMSELF" because you also believe the "TRUTH". It was written in In Colossians 3:1-2, "If ye then be "RISEN" with "CHRIST", seek those things which are "ABOVE", where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things "ABOVE", not on things on the earth.

For anger, pain, bitterness to get thru, there is a channel or gate they use. For example, a boss at work can be an instrument the devil uses to make one annoyed through unnecessary shouting.

Simon means Unstable, like sand!
Peter means Stable, like a Rock!

Jesus said, Thou art Peter (Stable, Rock) and upon "THIS" Rock I will build My Church.

Jesus is saying, "I cant build My church on people that are unsure, doubters, unstable, unconfident, ....But I will build My Church on those that are Sure, Stable, Committed, Confident of the very thing!!!

Just my thoughts!

The Holy Spirit is what we call a possessive adjective. There's only one way of saying a possessive adjective in the Old Testament times. The Spirit of the Lord. The Spirit of God. The spirit of Elijah. The day of the Lord. But, there are two ways of saying the same thing in the Greek, that is: the Spirit of the Lord or the Lord's spirit. The Spirit of God or God's spirit. The spirit of Elijah just Elijah's spirit. The day of the Lord or the Lord's Day. When it comes to gender there are two genders, masculine and feminine. There are there no neuter gender. However, in English, there are three genders. Let's look at a sripture. Matthew 16:18 "And I also say to you that you are Peter on this rock I will build my Church the forces of Hades will not overpower it." Most people are not able to read the Greek so I will call attention to a Spanish version. If you look into the equivalent Spanish version it will say in the last part of verse "y las puertas del Hades no prevaleceran contra ella." That means "The gates of Hell will not prevail against her." the same thing happens in the Greek. The church takes on a feminine ending.the The translators change all the feminine and masculine endings on any neuter gender that they knew were inanimate objects to "it." However, when they came to the Holy Spirit they left the gender the same and capitalize the word Holy Spirit. Luke 3:22 says, "John saw God's Spirit descending like a dove and resting up in Jesus." Matthew 3:11 says, "I baptize you with water but one who is more powerful than I is coming and he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." You don't want to be baptized with a person but you want to be baptized with the power and your spiritual essence of that person: the spirit and power of Almighty God. Denounce the doctrine of the Trinity. It is false doctrine. It is polytheism. I have been to Bible College and was taught this doctrine of the Trinity, but the Bible does not teach it. So, I dumped it.