Hi Timmywynne, the trinity Godhead is real and true. It started also with Adam and Eve. God made them a living soul first , then flesh. The spirit communicated with God , like a cb radio.
We can't see the soul and spirit, doesn't mean we don't have it. If we believe the Bible is true because Jesus Christ is the author, then we have a soul and spirit. We that are saved will also have a new body fashioned like Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 6:20
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in yourbody,andin yourspirit, which are God's.
Jesus Christ will give us a new body .
Ephesians 5:30
For we are members of his body, of hisflesh,andof hisbones.
May God bless you're body, soul and spirit .
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 our new body in Christ Jesus will be glorious
There are times when I need to be strengthen out by the Holy Spirit in order to understand what the word of truth is saying. Sometimes we think about the past, whether it's good or bad . God wants us to focus what's in front of us. The whole Armour of God protect us from the front, not the back.
Philippians 3:13-15
13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
Fuji, please pray to God for the truth of His word clearly . Please read Romans through Philemon for doctrine and pray continually everyday for God to speak to you .
God bless and don't be afraid .
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 read these verses and pray to God in Heaven, farewell
David Allen, I hope and pray for you and your family in Christ Jesus for healing and doing good in life .
Please remember what Jesus Christ did for you on the cross, finished the Old Testament and now in the righthand of God in Heaven. God gives the free gift and that is Jesus Christ .
Psalm 37:5
Commit thy way unto theLord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 remember these verses for its Salvation
Sister in Christ Jesus, it's good to hear you are saved in believing that Jesus Christ died on the cross for all your sins . I pray that you get a new roof and all your troubles go away with the hand of the Almighty God in the third Heaven .
May you read Romans through Philemon for doctrine and pray continually everyday for God to speak to you in Truth with the help from the Holy Spirit that God left on earth.
Please read this verse, because one day, all will pass.
Psalm 37:5
Commit thy way unto theLord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 this is the verse that saves today
My Father in the third Heaven, I thank you so much for Salvation in Jesus Christ in believing the finished work of the cross, so I don't have to work for Salvation that is free and that I'm free from bondage of the law.
There is true darkness in this world and you're words is proof that the wild olive branch is almost fallen because of unbelief of Apostle Paul's epistle.
May you open all there understanding of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ so they can have free Salvation .
May you bless them with rightly dividing the word of truth because it's a great tool for Bible study. Pride is a sin, but unbelief is the most greatest in the Bible. Only Jesus Christ can point out judgements and I will be there to see it.
May God in Heaven shine the bright light that He shined on Saul of Tarsus to this ministry that is hunger and thirsty for the Word of Truth in Romans through Philemon for doctrine.
Father, please be easy on them, for they are ignorant of the Word , the Word is you're Son Jesus Christ.
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 may the gospel open you're heart
The earth and the world are not one and the same. God named the Earth as He named heaven. It explains the Father Son relationship. Holy is His name. "for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground."(Exod.3.5). When God commanded Moses to remove his sandals it is because God made His presence the ground he stood on was holy. The same reason explains His command, Be ye holy for I am holy. God breathed in the nostrils of man and made him a living soul. That is how we explain being born again by the incorruptible seed. "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:/ Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. "(1 Pet.1.22-23)
God commanded Moses,' The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me." (Lev.25.23). The earth is with reference to the word of God and the world is for strangers and sojourners, from which a body has been created, the church. "(God) who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love."(Eph.1.3-5) Jesus Christ in whom is the fulness of God chose us in Jesus Christ. What is the will of the Father?That we should be holy that is we bear his name. A Christian is being of Christ, so we justify the name. This is how blessings in heavenly places are funnelled into each one of so. So Genesis ch.1 begins with seven days, in which each days the will of the Father transforms the heaven, the sun moon etc. and various life forms so these prove the earth is created 'after our likeness. The word 'saunter' refers to saint terre or the holy earth. Holy means sanctified for his use. St Peter refers thus holy mount. (Mt.17.1-5)
The board game continues. "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."
Where did the waters come from? God is a Spirit so God moving upon waters must be explained as intended by the Spirit. Ge.1.1 God created 'the worlds'. The world made to appear shall be 'after our image.' Creating is not same as framing, is it not? Heb 11.3 extends the meaning of creation with the words,"the worlds were framed by the word of God" Framing means as one does with a display or highlight. 'Like apples of gold in pictures of silver. So these worlds are not created 'in our image' but after 'our likeness'. Between Father and Son the will of the Father is mirrored in the obedience of the Son. So the earth abides forever. In Heb.11 quote it is the Word which is God that frames a world that is after 'our likeness'. This has a bearing on the creation of man,"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness" After our likeness gives the earth a different significance. The earth abides forever means everything therein shall everlasting life. It fits with the piece of the puzzle, "For God so loved the world' so whosoever believes in the Son has life everlasting..(Jnhim (.3.16)
"It pleased the Father that his fulness in him (Jesus Christ) should dwell." And also these, "all things were created by him, and for him:/And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." (Col.1.16-17,19) Thus waters should be explained by a piece that is most appropriate. " For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."(Jas.4.14) Here it is of physical world and the Spirit moved upon the world from the rise of life on the earth as a planet to the end. That is a kind of deep' where darkness' exists, it is true with the natural world and in spiritual terms so Jesus refers to it as 'outer darkness. In short the words have literal and spiritual shadow. Error is when mixing one with the other.
"This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
"(Eph.5.32)
The analogy of the board game can explain the mystery. In the beginning God created heaven and the earth . This is one piece of the Jigsaw puzzle. What piece shall come next to it that is a perfect fit? "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." (Heb.11.3) How well does it fit? The worlds refer to heaven and the earth.Here one world which is not made of things which do appear. Heaven signifying it can stand scrutiny: for the will of God has no form. Comparing with the book of Genesis,'And the earth was without form, and void", can it not explain that heaven was made to appear so what kind of earth the Spirit is telling us about? It is the earth that abides forever; (Eccle.1.4) The Spirit is not presenting the heaven and earth literally but in terms of Father Son relationship.
Gen.1.2-3 " and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters./And God said, Let there be light: and there was light." Shall we look for a piece that fits with it? "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."( Jn 1.1) In the beginning is common with Gen.1.1 In the Gospel "In him was life; and the life was the light of men./ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." Both passages similarly deal with life,light and darkness. So we have two pieces of puzzle that explains one another. If darkness cannot comprehend the light the problem is with it and not with the Father or the Son. "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil./For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved." ( Jn 3.18-20). Because their deeds are evil.
Christian life is abiding in Christ. So whatever you do is as though Christ in you did. If we honour God we shall examine ourselves and real charity is in love of Christ in action so we do as though Christ did it. What is knowable of God is shown to us and truth is inwards writ. So no man is with excuse. By the grace shown to me I do my ministry and every day, is a day given to walk with the Lord, May God bless you,
I would appreciate prayer. I have had small and bigger things happen to me the past couple of weeks. Found out today I need a new roof on my house, and my insurance dropped me because it is not in good shape. It's only 12 year old roof.
I work part time now after my hours being cut last year and am majorly feeling that crunch. Am trying to decide if I should retire or continue to work while feeling devalued
I got an expensive Dr bill today. I will figure it out but my stomach dropped when I saw it. Accidentally broke my expensive new glasses. My uncle died and family forgot to tell
me about memorial service. It was across the country but I felt left put and would have liked to know to choose to go or not. Most of my family attended. I live in different state. It heard it was kind of last minute and was informal service but it made me sad.
My daughter needs to return to the Lord and I feel she is coming closer. She needs to find a job and is scared; she has PTSD and has struggled with this. I also have PTSD so anxiety is something I struggle with. I raised her as a Christian but she felt I forced it on her and has had super bad experiences with people professing Christianity; this is the worst when you find out how much other people hurt your loved one!! She has trouble with guilt and shame from some bad choices. I do, too.
I know this sounds disjointed. I am not asking anybody for money. I am trusting and praying but part of me is freaking out. Thank you to my brethren for praying and to our Lord Jesus.
You stated that Paul teaches that women are not to be overseers (pastors) or teachers over men. These are official appointments in church. I never seen that in the bible. He stated that the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but should be submissive, as the law states. That does not mean that a woman is not to preach or teach or be over a man. During this time that Paul is teaching the church of Corinth where Paul is writing a letter to the Church about unruly women telling them to be quiet and ask their husband after church. Telling someone to be quiet don't mean they can't preach, oversee, or teach over a man. You have Joel 2:28 says and it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh and your sons and daughters shall prophesy and your old men shall dream dreams your young men see visions. as well as Acts chapter 2: 17 that states and it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God. I will pour out upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young man shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. This is what the Prophet Joel and the Dr Luke spoke of. Paul never said those words, but he also taught even when behind bars. We women are called to preach call to preach we have a personal relationship with God and our walk is in important as well especially us single women if we don't have a husband who are we going to talk to and not worry about a man who may make a pass at us we walk in our callings and wil continute to lead as we hear God still small voice.
Paul teaches that women are not to be overseers (pastors) or teachers over men. These are official appointments in a church.
So I do not think that women should be ordained as ministers. I do think that all Christians, men or women, are called to help each other grow in our Scripture knowledge, holy living, and faith, among other things. We are to be examples to, encourage, admonish, instruct, correct, evangelize, and share the gospel message with others. As believers, I think we should pray to be opened to receiving all of these things from whomever God uses to do these things regardless of age, sex, social status, or financial state.
That said, I think that in congregations, men can teach Bible Study to men, women, and children. But women should teach Bible study only to women and children. If someone chooses to have an independent Bible study in their own home, then I think that anyone can attend regardless of if the host is a man or woman. But I do think that we all should be careful to be on guard against inordinate affections and connections with people we are not married to. So, it is best if couples attend together.
Each believer has the Holy Spirit indwelling them and the Spirit works in and through each believer to accomplish His intended purpose. We should act in accordance with the what Scripture teaches and also be keeping in step with the Holy Spirit as He guides each of us and helps us to know the Lord better and others to know the Lord better.
When we look at the Bible, there's 66 books written and Apostle Paul wrote more books, that is incredible. Why would God pick Paul when he had Twelve Apostles. The answers lie on Apostle Paul's epistle, most people don't study and read .
We don't believe in Apostle Paul for Salvation, he is just a man led by the Holy Spirit. We believe the gospel that Jesus Christ told Paul to write for Salvation, 1 Corinthians 15:1-4
No one ever said Apostle Paul is another Jesus, all we are saying that Apostle Paul is our Apostle for the Gentiles in this age of grace.
Romans 11:13
For I speak to youGentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of theGentiles, I magnify mine office:
Romans 11:25
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of theGentilesbe come in.
We that are saved follow Jesus Christ for Salvation and doctrine, but it will have to be in Apostle Paul's epistle, and the rest of the Bible for learning.
1 Corinthians 11:1
Be yefollowers ofme, even as I also am of Christ.
We can learn from the Old Testament and the four gospels.
Romans 15:4
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for ourlearning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
The Bible is cut and dry and simple to understand Salvation if we rightly dividing the word of truth . Apostle Paul is the one teaching us today.
2 Timothy 2:15
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
May God pour His Spirit upon this ministry so all may understand the truth and grow in grace with Jesus Christ.
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 may the truth be revealed to all
The Rapture will have Christians seem thou they disappear from earth according to the scriptures of the Apostle Paul . We will not have angels blow the trumpet, but God will use his voice to sound off the trumpet with power.
1 Thessalonians 4: 15-18
15For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
1 Corinthians 15:51-54
51Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
I thank my Father in Heaven for the Lord Jesus Christ for calling us up in the clouds to meet , our blesseth Hope.
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 become believers in Christ Jesus
Mary, may God be with your son to have Jesus Christ lead him to the word of life. I will pray that you get the strength you need to cope with this .
God is wonderful and will hear our prayers and the Holy Spirit will guide us to the truth. The word of God is the truth. Please read Romans through Philemon and pray continually everyday for God will speak to you.
You son will be back with you hand and hand and God will lead the way.
Psalms 100:2
"Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing."
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4
Please read these verses and believe with all your heart
Tewmardew, how you doing. Should a woman become a preacher ? This is my view, no. But, if the men stop preaching the truth of God's Word, then I would go and listen to a woman preach.
The first time I heard the word of God, it was a woman and it changed my parents household.
I praise the Lord the Christian woman that God uses to spread the Gospel of Grace.
I am not one to judge, but Jesus Christ.
May God bless you and all the women that wants to get used by God like " Ruth" and many other in the Bible.
Ronald Whittemore, thanks for your input in how the Bible is layout by you. Just think about this. If 8 people were saved on Noah's Ark, then how many people are going to find the truth of God's Word in this world ? God used, Noah, God used Abraham, God used Isaiah, God used Peter and God used Apostle Paul and all these people are men in the Bible led by Holy Spirit. Right now, as you said God's not dealing with Israel with the promises and covenants, but dealing with the whole world mainly Gentiles ( you and I) , so God pick a man named Apostle Paul for us today . After we are lifted up in the air to meet Jesus Christ, then God will go back to dealing with the Jews again. I think it's called the gap of the grace age church. The Bible is very simple to understand, that a 8 year old can understand. God made the plan of Salvation cut and dry. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ plus nothing else. Believe and be saved, no works, it's a free gived.
Ronald Whittemore, this is a free country to believe how ever we want. Thank God it wasn't taken away. I am in the Body of Christ Jesus and will share the good news.
Our priority is to share the gospel to the lost that don't understand God's word for Salvation. Jesus Christ paid it all for the whole world, all we do with faith is believe his finished work.
Ronald Whittemore, you're probably a smart bright person with all the decrees, but the twelve Disiples were common people that walked with God. God will use men and women for his honor and glory to spread the Gospel of Grace that was given to Apostle Paul then the Disciples.
Let's all rejoice in Love for Jesus Christ sake and put aside our differences of beliefs and traditions. Jesus Christ is the word and that should only matter.
May God bless you and open your understanding to greater things in the Bible in peace and Love.
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 the gospel that is simple to understand
Hello, I would like to request prayer for those who suffer, also for Donald Trump and his cabinet. I will also request prayer for those being deceived and those that deceive. I believe the time is close for our saviors return, as we see more of Satan's work being in the open. I ask for this in Christ's name! May America be blessed and my we stand our ground for Truth, God Almighty.
Thank you. I understand that many interpret the verse as Thomas refers to Jesus as God. However, there are other verses, one in the same chapter that offer additional perspectives. For instance, in John 20:17, Jesus tells Mary, "I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God and your God." To me, the entirety of Scripture makes it clear that the Father is the one and only God, and Jesus is His Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of Mary. I do not want to offend anyone, and I hope and pray that I do not.
The first Apostles Creed.
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I would like to share my understanding, but please pray and study to find the truth you seek. The breaking off of the branches was necessary to graft in the wild branches, representing the Gentiles. This mystery relates to the temporary blindness of the Israelites until the fullness of the Gentiles comes in, as mentioned in Romans 11:11 and Romans 11:25. It's important to note that this blindness is not permanent. This goes back to the promise God made to Abraham, in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, that seed is Jesus.
Just to say this was not all the house of Israel as we see the Church began with Jews, to the Jews first. It was not until the leaders of Jerusalem shut their ears to Jesus and killed Stephen was the gospel sent to the Gentiles, Acts 7:54-60, and still many Jews believed in Jesus. They were broken off because of unbelief, we must stand by faith and not be arrogant.
I don't view the Gentiles as a group being cut off; rather, it's each individual who faces such a fate. There will come a time when the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. The falling away will occur among those believers who lack strength in their faith and who are unable to endure until the end.
Dear brother, I do not believe in the rapture as taught with the taking up the Church, and the seven years. You must pray and study for your understanding without preconceived ideas relying on the Holy Spirit not man. Study where the 7 years come from, and study 1 Thessalonians 4 with prayer asking what are the people concerned about. When Jesus returns and people meet Him in the air where is the destination?
God bless your study, trust in God, He will show you the truth, not man.
We can't see the soul and spirit, doesn't mean we don't have it. If we believe the Bible is true because Jesus Christ is the author, then we have a soul and spirit. We that are saved will also have a new body fashioned like Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 6:20
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in yourbody,andin yourspirit, which are God's.
Jesus Christ will give us a new body .
Ephesians 5:30
For we are members of his body, of hisflesh,andof hisbones.
May God bless you're body, soul and spirit .
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 our new body in Christ Jesus will be glorious
Philippians 3:13-15
13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
Fuji, please pray to God for the truth of His word clearly . Please read Romans through Philemon for doctrine and pray continually everyday for God to speak to you .
God bless and don't be afraid .
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 read these verses and pray to God in Heaven, farewell
God is Holy and Merciful. Please read Romans through Philemon for doctrine and pray continually everyday for God to speak to you.
God bless...
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 please read these verses and pray for Salvation
Please remember what Jesus Christ did for you on the cross, finished the Old Testament and now in the righthand of God in Heaven. God gives the free gift and that is Jesus Christ .
Psalm 37:5
Commit thy way unto theLord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 remember these verses for its Salvation
May you read Romans through Philemon for doctrine and pray continually everyday for God to speak to you in Truth with the help from the Holy Spirit that God left on earth.
Please read this verse, because one day, all will pass.
Psalm 37:5
Commit thy way unto theLord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 this is the verse that saves today
There is true darkness in this world and you're words is proof that the wild olive branch is almost fallen because of unbelief of Apostle Paul's epistle.
May you open all there understanding of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ so they can have free Salvation .
May you bless them with rightly dividing the word of truth because it's a great tool for Bible study. Pride is a sin, but unbelief is the most greatest in the Bible. Only Jesus Christ can point out judgements and I will be there to see it.
May God in Heaven shine the bright light that He shined on Saul of Tarsus to this ministry that is hunger and thirsty for the Word of Truth in Romans through Philemon for doctrine.
Father, please be easy on them, for they are ignorant of the Word , the Word is you're Son Jesus Christ.
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 may the gospel open you're heart
The earth and the world are not one and the same. God named the Earth as He named heaven. It explains the Father Son relationship. Holy is His name. "for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground."(Exod.3.5). When God commanded Moses to remove his sandals it is because God made His presence the ground he stood on was holy. The same reason explains His command, Be ye holy for I am holy. God breathed in the nostrils of man and made him a living soul. That is how we explain being born again by the incorruptible seed. "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:/ Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. "(1 Pet.1.22-23)
God commanded Moses,' The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me." (Lev.25.23). The earth is with reference to the word of God and the world is for strangers and sojourners, from which a body has been created, the church. "(God) who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love."(Eph.1.3-5) Jesus Christ in whom is the fulness of God chose us in Jesus Christ. What is the will of the Father?That we should be holy that is we bear his name. A Christian is being of Christ, so we justify the name. This is how blessings in heavenly places are funnelled into each one of so. So Genesis ch.1 begins with seven days, in which each days the will of the Father transforms the heaven, the sun moon etc. and various life forms so these prove the earth is created 'after our likeness. The word 'saunter' refers to saint terre or the holy earth. Holy means sanctified for his use. St Peter refers thus holy mount. (Mt.17.1-5)
The board game continues. "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."
Where did the waters come from? God is a Spirit so God moving upon waters must be explained as intended by the Spirit. Ge.1.1 God created 'the worlds'. The world made to appear shall be 'after our image.' Creating is not same as framing, is it not? Heb 11.3 extends the meaning of creation with the words,"the worlds were framed by the word of God" Framing means as one does with a display or highlight. 'Like apples of gold in pictures of silver. So these worlds are not created 'in our image' but after 'our likeness'. Between Father and Son the will of the Father is mirrored in the obedience of the Son. So the earth abides forever. In Heb.11 quote it is the Word which is God that frames a world that is after 'our likeness'. This has a bearing on the creation of man,"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness" After our likeness gives the earth a different significance. The earth abides forever means everything therein shall everlasting life. It fits with the piece of the puzzle, "For God so loved the world' so whosoever believes in the Son has life everlasting..(Jnhim (.3.16)
"It pleased the Father that his fulness in him (Jesus Christ) should dwell." And also these, "all things were created by him, and for him:/And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." (Col.1.16-17,19) Thus waters should be explained by a piece that is most appropriate. " For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."(Jas.4.14) Here it is of physical world and the Spirit moved upon the world from the rise of life on the earth as a planet to the end. That is a kind of deep' where darkness' exists, it is true with the natural world and in spiritual terms so Jesus refers to it as 'outer darkness. In short the words have literal and spiritual shadow. Error is when mixing one with the other.
"This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
"(Eph.5.32)
The analogy of the board game can explain the mystery. In the beginning God created heaven and the earth . This is one piece of the Jigsaw puzzle. What piece shall come next to it that is a perfect fit? "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." (Heb.11.3) How well does it fit? The worlds refer to heaven and the earth.Here one world which is not made of things which do appear. Heaven signifying it can stand scrutiny: for the will of God has no form. Comparing with the book of Genesis,'And the earth was without form, and void", can it not explain that heaven was made to appear so what kind of earth the Spirit is telling us about? It is the earth that abides forever; (Eccle.1.4) The Spirit is not presenting the heaven and earth literally but in terms of Father Son relationship.
Gen.1.2-3 " and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters./And God said, Let there be light: and there was light." Shall we look for a piece that fits with it? "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."( Jn 1.1) In the beginning is common with Gen.1.1 In the Gospel "In him was life; and the life was the light of men./ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." Both passages similarly deal with life,light and darkness. So we have two pieces of puzzle that explains one another. If darkness cannot comprehend the light the problem is with it and not with the Father or the Son. "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil./For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved." ( Jn 3.18-20). Because their deeds are evil.
Christian life is abiding in Christ. So whatever you do is as though Christ in you did. If we honour God we shall examine ourselves and real charity is in love of Christ in action so we do as though Christ did it. What is knowable of God is shown to us and truth is inwards writ. So no man is with excuse. By the grace shown to me I do my ministry and every day, is a day given to walk with the Lord, May God bless you,
I work part time now after my hours being cut last year and am majorly feeling that crunch. Am trying to decide if I should retire or continue to work while feeling devalued
I got an expensive Dr bill today. I will figure it out but my stomach dropped when I saw it. Accidentally broke my expensive new glasses. My uncle died and family forgot to tell
me about memorial service. It was across the country but I felt left put and would have liked to know to choose to go or not. Most of my family attended. I live in different state. It heard it was kind of last minute and was informal service but it made me sad.
My daughter needs to return to the Lord and I feel she is coming closer. She needs to find a job and is scared; she has PTSD and has struggled with this. I also have PTSD so anxiety is something I struggle with. I raised her as a Christian but she felt I forced it on her and has had super bad experiences with people professing Christianity; this is the worst when you find out how much other people hurt your loved one!! She has trouble with guilt and shame from some bad choices. I do, too.
I know this sounds disjointed. I am not asking anybody for money. I am trusting and praying but part of me is freaking out. Thank you to my brethren for praying and to our Lord Jesus.
Paul teaches that women are not to be overseers (pastors) or teachers over men. These are official appointments in a church.
So I do not think that women should be ordained as ministers. I do think that all Christians, men or women, are called to help each other grow in our Scripture knowledge, holy living, and faith, among other things. We are to be examples to, encourage, admonish, instruct, correct, evangelize, and share the gospel message with others. As believers, I think we should pray to be opened to receiving all of these things from whomever God uses to do these things regardless of age, sex, social status, or financial state.
That said, I think that in congregations, men can teach Bible Study to men, women, and children. But women should teach Bible study only to women and children. If someone chooses to have an independent Bible study in their own home, then I think that anyone can attend regardless of if the host is a man or woman. But I do think that we all should be careful to be on guard against inordinate affections and connections with people we are not married to. So, it is best if couples attend together.
Each believer has the Holy Spirit indwelling them and the Spirit works in and through each believer to accomplish His intended purpose. We should act in accordance with the what Scripture teaches and also be keeping in step with the Holy Spirit as He guides each of us and helps us to know the Lord better and others to know the Lord better.
We don't believe in Apostle Paul for Salvation, he is just a man led by the Holy Spirit. We believe the gospel that Jesus Christ told Paul to write for Salvation, 1 Corinthians 15:1-4
No one ever said Apostle Paul is another Jesus, all we are saying that Apostle Paul is our Apostle for the Gentiles in this age of grace.
Romans 11:13
For I speak to youGentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of theGentiles, I magnify mine office:
Romans 11:25
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of theGentilesbe come in.
We that are saved follow Jesus Christ for Salvation and doctrine, but it will have to be in Apostle Paul's epistle, and the rest of the Bible for learning.
1 Corinthians 11:1
Be yefollowers ofme, even as I also am of Christ.
We can learn from the Old Testament and the four gospels.
Romans 15:4
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for ourlearning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
The Bible is cut and dry and simple to understand Salvation if we rightly dividing the word of truth . Apostle Paul is the one teaching us today.
2 Timothy 2:15
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
May God pour His Spirit upon this ministry so all may understand the truth and grow in grace with Jesus Christ.
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 may the truth be revealed to all
1 Thessalonians 4: 15-18
15For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
1 Corinthians 15:51-54
51Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
I thank my Father in Heaven for the Lord Jesus Christ for calling us up in the clouds to meet , our blesseth Hope.
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 become believers in Christ Jesus
May God bless you with joy and happiness in the Holy Spirit .
Please enjoy this verse .
Psalms 100:2
"Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing."
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 this verse is very powerful and changes life's .
God is wonderful and will hear our prayers and the Holy Spirit will guide us to the truth. The word of God is the truth. Please read Romans through Philemon and pray continually everyday for God will speak to you.
You son will be back with you hand and hand and God will lead the way.
Psalms 100:2
"Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing."
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4
Please read these verses and believe with all your heart
The first time I heard the word of God, it was a woman and it changed my parents household.
I praise the Lord the Christian woman that God uses to spread the Gospel of Grace.
I am not one to judge, but Jesus Christ.
May God bless you and all the women that wants to get used by God like " Ruth" and many other in the Bible.
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4
God will use a woman to spread this gospel too.
Ronald Whittemore, this is a free country to believe how ever we want. Thank God it wasn't taken away. I am in the Body of Christ Jesus and will share the good news.
Our priority is to share the gospel to the lost that don't understand God's word for Salvation. Jesus Christ paid it all for the whole world, all we do with faith is believe his finished work.
Ronald Whittemore, you're probably a smart bright person with all the decrees, but the twelve Disiples were common people that walked with God. God will use men and women for his honor and glory to spread the Gospel of Grace that was given to Apostle Paul then the Disciples.
Let's all rejoice in Love for Jesus Christ sake and put aside our differences of beliefs and traditions. Jesus Christ is the word and that should only matter.
May God bless you and open your understanding to greater things in the Bible in peace and Love.
Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 the gospel that is simple to understand
Thank you. I understand that many interpret the verse as Thomas refers to Jesus as God. However, there are other verses, one in the same chapter that offer additional perspectives. For instance, in John 20:17, Jesus tells Mary, "I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God and your God." To me, the entirety of Scripture makes it clear that the Father is the one and only God, and Jesus is His Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of Mary. I do not want to offend anyone, and I hope and pray that I do not.
The first Apostles Creed.
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic* Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
*Catholic means universal.
God bless,
RLW
I would like to share my understanding, but please pray and study to find the truth you seek. The breaking off of the branches was necessary to graft in the wild branches, representing the Gentiles. This mystery relates to the temporary blindness of the Israelites until the fullness of the Gentiles comes in, as mentioned in Romans 11:11 and Romans 11:25. It's important to note that this blindness is not permanent. This goes back to the promise God made to Abraham, in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, that seed is Jesus.
Just to say this was not all the house of Israel as we see the Church began with Jews, to the Jews first. It was not until the leaders of Jerusalem shut their ears to Jesus and killed Stephen was the gospel sent to the Gentiles, Acts 7:54-60, and still many Jews believed in Jesus. They were broken off because of unbelief, we must stand by faith and not be arrogant.
I don't view the Gentiles as a group being cut off; rather, it's each individual who faces such a fate. There will come a time when the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. The falling away will occur among those believers who lack strength in their faith and who are unable to endure until the end.
Dear brother, I do not believe in the rapture as taught with the taking up the Church, and the seven years. You must pray and study for your understanding without preconceived ideas relying on the Holy Spirit not man. Study where the 7 years come from, and study 1 Thessalonians 4 with prayer asking what are the people concerned about. When Jesus returns and people meet Him in the air where is the destination?
God bless your study, trust in God, He will show you the truth, not man.
RLW