Me being a member at West Angeles Cogic Church Cathedral Los Angeles,California
Psalms 96 Verse 1 My interpretation: A new song to work and when it comes to war.
My Ways in life is trusting God to prevail daily and have intergity ,pursue holiness, live justly,honestly,faithfully.
Psalms 96 Verse 2 My interpretation: God is holy -To show your self and become like God
Are you wanting to hurt anyone past,present,future shortcomings? Having Faith of the great work(commission) A guarenteed result making it known ,spread of good tidings.
Ways not to hurt people
Having faith intergity ,pursue holiness, live justly,honestly,faithfully.
Me being a member at West Angeles COGIC Cathedral I have receieved good words of faith &involvement in ministry.
Ways of having faith: Believing Jesus Christ making intercession for you to God the Father. My Reverence-
Romans 10:9-10 KJV
Matthew 27:50-51 KJV
Psalm 90:6 Verse 3:
My Respond:
West Angeles COGIC Affirmation of Faith
We believe the Bible to be the inspired and only infallible written Word of God.
Dear Heavenly Father, hear Mjones' prayer tonight to be more Godward in all of his/her ways from now on. Fill him/her with great desire and firmness of resolve to follow You closely. We are so thankful that You are always with us no matter how unfaithful we are because You are faithful and true. Help Mjones, myself and others who long for a life of deep abiding in You, an obedient spirit, and a heart for the things that You love over the things of the world. We speak in faith that You will indeed do these things for us according to Your promises and pleasure. May we bless you always and bring honor to Your name in a life lived for You. We are so happy to ask these requests of You in Jesus' name as He told us to do because He came to us in the flesh to live as we do with the challenges of a human life. Lord Jesus, thank you for this and for sympathizing with us in all matters that face us. Give us strength by Your Spirit continue in faith in You to the end. Amen.
I will pray for you and your daughters. You are going through a tough time that I know God will bring through the grieving with love and comfort. He will bring better days to you and your girls. We can trust Him to do so.
This Psalm is one I love very much. Also, it was the favorite psalm of a lady in our church lived to be almost 100 years old. she was a special lady, for sure. She has been gone for a decade or more but this psalm makes me think of her ad smile knowing that she is with our Savior forever. I will see her again someday, too.
Acts 2:24 states Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Admittedly; interpreting the verse above with God raising Christ from the dead or Christ not being held and through the power of God in Him He rose is a bit nebulous; I would interpret it as both; Christ ceased after His body died to suffer but had a mission in the underworld to set the captives free then God raised Him at the predetermined time as well as will in the future determine the time He comes back in the Rapture; Second Coming or both as to the exact date.
I start here to transition to the idea that because of His victory all believers who are truly saved have new life and hence have overcome the world ( John 16:33). The oppression which comes as spiritual opposition after His Spirit lives inside a Christian prevents possession but the heaviness of the evil minions; at least from my experience is a constant menace; of course magnified greatly when our own sin gives the enemy an open door to pursue us. In my experience I will also say as I have stated before that that seems to often be one of the most common ways the Lord sanctifies us by breaking down any barriers of self sufficiency and pride and keeping us in a Psalm 51 mentality of a "broken and contrite spirit".
One of the best ways to counteract such oppression is no doubt to ensure we are walking with clean hearts; then put our energy into diligent prayer for others. Praying we are worthy to escape what is to come to pass in Luke no doubt is an individual experience as many believers aren't really praying that hard; but of course having our hearts focused on needs of others first I would describe as that of an athlete doing rigorous training. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 I have always interpreted as focused on evangelizing; but of course anyone who does that frequently acknowledges that much prayer is a necessity before such activity as well as during and after
Luke 13:4 states: "Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
In studying today's news headlines on what happened in New Orleans we see how some perished being at the wrong place and the wrong time and see a parallel to this verse. Without sounding dismissive I would emphasize that hanging out in crowds who are characterized by drinking and carousing in densely packed areas are more often apt to such a fate in part as a judgment of God.
We of course shouldn't be arrogant as to our higher moral behaviors somehow justifying us.
Another way of looking at it is if we look at the lives of such individuals say 24 hours before their passing would they seem so innocent; clearly some who die in this way are saved; others lost but the warning notwithstanding in the next verse is that without repentance we all will perish; whether now or years in the future and meet the same fate if we are unregenerated in the meantime.
Perhaps a good segway at this point is to look at the story of the wedding in Cana; and how Jesus often ate and drank with "sinners" to the point where He was accused of being a "winebibber"; or just hobnobbing with "sinners" by the self righteous Pharisees. Today it seems the family celebrations such as this are often forgotten; if not with formal weddings being abandoned we certainly don't have a feast these days too often for the wayward brother coming back home as was the case with the Prodigal son. So genuine feasts that are honorable have been replaced by self-indulgences and other vices of immorality.
Of course the outer damage the enemy inflicts is just a shadow of the spiritual warfare in the heavenly places. We see suicidal tendencies and murder inspired by another god and his instruction manual(s). The fact that this isn't considered "normal" in our nation shows in all honesty how weak the church is here today; we all need a "reality check
My mom after a contentious meal where she yelled at me for not listening to her advice preparing the meal and didn't offer any opinion as to how it tasted didn't leave me in a good position; nonetheless she finally said if I feel that she needs help at night I could arrange for it. The steam humidifier is helping the immediate issue with her dry sinuses where she is groaning much of the night.
It seems your prayers and probably of many have done something.
As to the outline it was an impromptu collection of a few thoughts; doubtless missing many things. In comparison to your editing procedures; I go thorough things entirely in my mind (as it is too dark to write anything down in my room and I am undisciplined writing notes).
I will say that the Psalm 23 song (Leanna Crawford) I have found as a stunning example of a Spirit filled one. Not sure if I'm allowed to recommend something here but it has strengthened me probably a dozen times at least. Reading about the artist apparently songs are written based on past experiences (like that of her grandmother mentioned in the opening lyrics).
I appreciate prayer about my dad as well with his mocking faces; something he always has done off and on with a "narcissistic" personality. The enemy clearly has a strong foothold in this house; my greatest fear is not telling them daily to repent and believe the Gospel as they are hellbound. I have long asked God to deliver me from my situations and believe He can but in some sense my emotional state has shut me down to that reality. I had a bizarre sort of nightmare one night thinking about going out of my house after asking the Lord to send His angels if necessary to get me out. I certainly don't want to leave prematurely and have the enemy make a rout of me; but also in the same token don't want any more entrapment by either of my parents where I don't honestly know a way to coexist peacefully.
2 Corinthians 2:1 - But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
The word heaviness is the word for grief. It's a word used all the way through here.
2 Corinthians 2:2 - For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
For if I make you grieve (the word sorry is the word grieve), who is he then that makes me glad, and the word glad means to have a good frame of mind, but the same which is made to grieve by me?
So, he says if I come there, and I cause you to grieve over the heaviness of my discipline, and I'm looking for the Lord through you to minister back, so I can have a good encouraging frame of mind about the things of the Lord, but if I make you grieve, who's going to make me glad? It won't be there!
2 Corinthians 2:8 - Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
The word confirm is a political word. It means to announce to the public. For instance, people announcing their candidacy for president. It's a public announcement. He's saying don't just let the guy in the side door and say sit over there and you can join us again. Make it a public announcement. Make it official that this person is welcome back to fellowship.
Let everybody know about it because they have been told to stay away. And you are to confirm your love toward him, in front of him, and in front of everyone else, your AGAPE, your concern for his spiritual welfare, even to the point of sharing with him how much it hurt the fellowship to discipline him like that. But it was out of love, not out of anger or hatred.
2 Corinthians 1:17 - When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
When I therefore was thus minded, or intentions, did I use lightness? It literally means to waffle. Did I kind of say "Yea, I might do that, or I might not, kind of waffling between decisions."
2 Corinthians 1:18 - But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
But as God is true, and that's the word faithful in the Greek, our word toward you was not yes and no.
2 Corinthians 1:22 - Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
Who hath also sealed us (the protective element around our spirit), and has given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. The word earnest means guarantee. In fact, the word guarantee, ARRABON in Greek, the word now in modern Greek means engagement ring, a pledge so to speak. So, what God has done is He has sealed us, and He has given us His Spirit as a guarantee or pledge in our hearts that we belong to Him, and that He's coming for us.
He made similar remarks in Ephesians 1:13-14. He said in whom you also trusted (meaning Christ), after that you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also after that you believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest, and again that's ARRABON, of the guarantee of our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased possession unto the praise of His glory.
He has purchased us. He just hasn't come to pick us up yet. But the giving of His Spirit to us is the guarantee that He is coming for us. And we find that as we continue to go through the scriptures, it is the guarantee of God that we belong to Him. So, Paul says this is our confession, God is the one. He establishes us. He anoints us for what He wants us to do. He seals us. And He gives us His Holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 1:6 - And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
And whether we be afflicted, again THLIPSIS, it is for your encouragement and salvation. He says we are afflicted, but it's for you, which is effectual, which means energized, in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, or encouraged, it is for your encouragement and salvation.
So, Paul says I'm going through these things so that what I'm going through, and the ministry of Christ to me while I'm going through it, will be an encouragement to you. But affliction (THLIPSIS) is necessary.
2 Corinthians 1:12 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Paul says, for our rejoicing (literally boasting), is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation, which is an old English word for lifestyle, in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward, or toward you.
He says simplicity. The Greek word for simplicity means singleness of focus. In other words, he lived his life with one focus in mind. He made decisions for that one focus. He didn't get involved in the world except for the fulfilment of that one focus.
2 Corinthians 1:3 - Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
Blessed is God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and notice this, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
The word mercies is the word for compassion. And the word for comfort is the word encouragement. There are different types of comfort. That's why I am being specific. God is the Father of compassions, and He is the God of all encouragement. The word encourage is the same word used for the comforter in the gospel of John. The comforter, PARA means alongside of, and KALEO means to call.
A comforter is somebody who comes alongside of you to lead and to guide and to be there with us. And the word encouragement, what is encouraging is that God sends His Spirit to be alongside of us to minister and to guide.
So, he blesses God. And again, the word bless or blessed is the word to speak well of. He wasn't pronouncing a blessing on God. He says God is to be well spoken of because He is the Father of mercies, and the God of all encouragement. You can kind of tell what the subject is going to be.
2 Corinthians 1:4 - Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Who comforts, and again that's the word encourage, who comforteth us in all our tribulation. That word for tribulation is THLIPSIS. And this is the word that will be used all the way through. PARAKALEO is for encouragement, but THLIPSIS means stress or distress. The things we experience, every hardship we go through, it produces some level of stress.
(2 Corinthians Part 1): 2 Corinthians gives us the description of ministry, the discussion about the collection, and the defense of Paul's ministry.
2 Corinthians 1:1 - Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
Earlier, Paul says I have been sent out, and secondly, he says I am an apostle of Jesus Christ. So, Jesus Christ sent me and I represent Him in my sending out. And then he shares how he was called. It was by the will of God, literally in the Greek text, THROUGH the will of God. In other words, it wasn't ambition. It wasn't even his personal desire. God called him through His will.
In the book of Galatians, and this is very important, Paul says Paul an apostle, not of men (notice plural), neither by man (singular), but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead. So, he says not from a committee of human beings, nor by a man. Nobody put me in this position other than Jesus Christ Himself. He called me.
At the end of the verse where it says, "in all Achaia," the word all is not the normal word for all. In fact, it's the word whole in the Greek, in the whole region of Achaia. So that would be all the people, not just at Corinth, but so that this letter will reach all of the people over the whole region of Achaia. So, it's not just for Corinth.
2 Corinthians 1:2 - Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
He says Grace to you and peace. The greeting grace (CHARIS) is the greeting to the Greek or Gentile. And Peace (SHALOM) is the greeting to the Jew. EIRENE in Greek is the Greek version of SHALOM, the Hebrew greeting.
I pray to learn more about my lord and that i have much brighter days . for help me pray to learn how to live by the spirit and not the flesh. chase jesusand pray for me on learning how to chase jesus and learning not to think so negative about certain things to change my ways feom that. may god bless you all. amen.
It sound like things are really tough right now. I will continue praying for you. I read the second post on your topic ad thought it was very good. I hope you can keep going on this topic. I don't feel the need to step in at this point. I am composing writing on the topic I started on last month and want to continue in that. going through the proofreading part now so I can post some soon.
Here we are at the beginning of a new year. We can be confident in God and His will for each of us. He will direct our paths as we surrender to Him, as you stated in your post, yielding our selves and lives to Him daily.
May you be so blessed today and I pray that your Mom and Dad will get a competent, caring, and faith-filled caregiver soon.
GOD to shine HIS face on all who are on this platform; and bless us all gloriously on this first day of our new year. Happy New Year - 2025. Isaiah 26:3
My Time at West Angeles Cogic Church Cathedral Los Angeles,California
I have believed Jesus Christ is God the Father participated in prayer and worshipping through
choir time lifting up my holy hands with requests, confirmations of evidences of question traced to be certain- With Reverences of me to be able to reach.
Happy New Year 2025, Brethren! GOD to shine HIS face on you, and your family be gloriously bless as we walk in CHRIST JESUS name. Isaiah 26:3
May we worship HIM in truth and in spirit. Let us stand in the gap and make up the hedge for all. Our LORD JESUS CHRIST find HIS children faithful when the clouds roll back and HE returns for HIS church.
My personal circumstances may drag out the initial concept I wanted to go in length on with a series. Here is a basic outline.
1. Unregenerate man cannot perceive the truth without Divine intervention which comes to all who He has called and chosen.
Thus we have every "religious" experience involve the flesh whether appealing to the mind; body or unregenerated soul of the individual. This involves an intersection of demonic entities with men and the world system (world; flesh and Devil). The truth on the other hand involves mortifying the flesh and the beginning of new life in the Spirit of the Lord.
2. Unregenerate man (this is my theory which I've stated before) tends to gravitate toward either following a "moral" code of ethics which is exemplified in the Sermon on the Mount or; alternatively go towards total anarchy which often involves Satanism or atheism (usually interchangeable depending on the emphasis of the individual self association with one extreme or the other).
This shows how point one is taken as the horse behind the cart so to speak; rather than dealing the necessary death blow to self AND the new life to produce not just actions but pure motives behind them it is like trying to polish garbage; or as Jesus stated to the Pharisees cleaning the outside of containers filled with dead men's bones.
3. Unregenerate man is already under the wrath of God. There are fatal flaws in the most respected "humanitarians" because they put whatever belief system as a substitution for the first commandment. True repentance indeed brings the fear of the Lord with it; and preaching against sin is necessary. The work is done by the Spirit however; we can be part of the process or watering the seed as it were but the Master of the harvest is the only one who can do a work in someone's innermost being.
4. No one can stop or outsmart the enemy of our souls as to what prophetically is stated to come to pass in these last days.
I pray, 2025 will be the year of repentance and y'all will be blessed by God our father, redeemed by our savior Jesus Christ and comforted with love by our Holy Ghost.
Dear Gigi: Things haven't been easy here at home; I barely have time to post so can't say when and if I can continue in this series. What I could use serious prayer in is getting my mom help for the overnight shift; she has managed not to fall in her room but barely-she keeps me up at night more frequently to figure positioning out; moisterizing her sinuses; etc. When I hear her groaning in the room it wakes me up anyway and the other night I was helping her for about an hour and a half. I really need this job now for the money and could use more income but I told her flat out that I wouldn't be able to drive to work or function this way. I try to take naps during the day when she rests but the chores have eliminated some of that lately. I barely have time to get home from work before the home care people leave. I convinced her to allow someone here Sundays who seems trustworthy (things got messed up this past Sunday); as well as next week for the Tuesday study where multiple people want me to be there.
She is intransigent about overnight help. I am talking with the President in charge of the care agency locally who is a believer to attempt to communicate with my mom on the options available; he will discuss things further with me Friday. Things are on again; off again with disputes with my mom whose memory isn't always accurate and is very fussy about me getting things and doing things and not explaining exactly what she wants; that on top of my dad's mocking faces which characterizes the way he always acts sometimes has made me seek a place to stay other than here; so far options other than an air b and b 60 miles away haven't panned out. The illness may be affecting her brain or perhaps alzheimers as someone else suggested.
She has been trying turmeric and pepper which has curbed the progress of this illness in clinical studies.
Let me give you an outline of my concepts and as you did before maybe you can take over if you feel led.
Thank you GiGi. We can indeed rest fully in the promises to us in His Word, "being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ" ( Philippians 1:6). Where the religions of this world will surely fail, 'God's Promises in Jesus are yea, and in Him, Amen'. Blessings to you and your dear ones. I continue to remember your sons & their wives in prayer for His mighty revelation & conviction in them.
Thanks for that quick reply brother Jesse, confirming & adding to my understanding of 1 Corinthians 16:22. And your reference to Romans 9:3, which I had forgotten about, gave strong support to the apostle's passion for the Gospel and willingness to become God's anathema & off scouring for the sake of the many destined for hell.
That Damascus Rd experience must have truly set his heart on fire for the Savior & for lost souls. He heard Jesus speak, he believed & went forth with a singular determination in his heart. We haven't seen with the physical eye or heard with the ear, yet with Spirit-given faith we ought to have the same heart & fervour for Jesus and those lost without Him: "blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed" ( John 20:29). Every blessing.
Yes Brother Jesse, I expanded on this study last night and looked up Ephesians 3:16 in my strongs concordance and found that strengthened is krataioo in the Greek and the strengthening with might is "by his Spirit in the inner man"
I felt that the verse sums up a lot of what we're studying on.
I hope you are doing well. How is your Mom doing? and your Dad?
I think this topic of deception is a good one since there is so much of it in the world and in the church as well. Thanks for this introduction. I look forward to the rest of the posts on this. We do need to remember that the whole world is under the deception of Satan and only believers have been delivered from his deceptive power. He is a strong adversary. It is not just that other people are deceived and spread lies, but all this deception comes from Satan, the father of lies. We can keep this in mind when we encounter those who are trapped in deception. They are up against an adversary who is treacherous, unrelenting, and stronger than unregenerated mankind. But as for believers, greater is He (the Holy Spirit) who is in us than he who is in the world (Satan). And Jesus said that He came to destroy the works of the devil and that He has overcome him and the evil of the world against believers. Our strength is in Christ and our measure of truth is Christ and our freedom from the devil is in Christ.
I love the way you explained being hidden in Christ. We are covered fully by Him, kept secure from the condemnation and accusations of the evil one, freed from the slavery of sin, and bound to Christ like His own flesh.
It is so reassuring to come to grips with this profound teaching. When we feel like God is not near or cannot see Him working in our situation we can with assurance hold on to the truth that He is always with us, in us, and at work in our lives and situations for the good of His pleasure and perfect will.
Me being a member at West Angeles Cogic Church Cathedral Los Angeles,California
Psalms 96 Verse 1 My interpretation: A new song to work and when it comes to war.
My Ways in life is trusting God to prevail daily and have intergity ,pursue holiness, live justly,honestly,faithfully.
Psalms 96 Verse 2 My interpretation: God is holy -To show your self and become like God
Are you wanting to hurt anyone past,present,future shortcomings? Having Faith of the great work(commission) A guarenteed result making it known ,spread of good tidings.
Ways not to hurt people
Having faith intergity ,pursue holiness, live justly,honestly,faithfully.
Me being a member at West Angeles COGIC Cathedral I have receieved good words of faith &involvement in ministry.
Ways of having faith: Believing Jesus Christ making intercession for you to God the Father. My Reverence-
Romans 10:9-10 KJV
Matthew 27:50-51 KJV
Psalm 90:6 Verse 3:
My Respond:
West Angeles COGIC Affirmation of Faith
We believe the Bible to be the inspired and only infallible written Word of God.
Word spoken and Written by: REDAPPLETREATY4MEONLY
I am happy to pray for you tonight.
Dear Heavenly Father, hear Mjones' prayer tonight to be more Godward in all of his/her ways from now on. Fill him/her with great desire and firmness of resolve to follow You closely. We are so thankful that You are always with us no matter how unfaithful we are because You are faithful and true. Help Mjones, myself and others who long for a life of deep abiding in You, an obedient spirit, and a heart for the things that You love over the things of the world. We speak in faith that You will indeed do these things for us according to Your promises and pleasure. May we bless you always and bring honor to Your name in a life lived for You. We are so happy to ask these requests of You in Jesus' name as He told us to do because He came to us in the flesh to live as we do with the challenges of a human life. Lord Jesus, thank you for this and for sympathizing with us in all matters that face us. Give us strength by Your Spirit continue in faith in You to the end. Amen.
I will pray for you and your daughters. You are going through a tough time that I know God will bring through the grieving with love and comfort. He will bring better days to you and your girls. We can trust Him to do so.
This Psalm is one I love very much. Also, it was the favorite psalm of a lady in our church lived to be almost 100 years old. she was a special lady, for sure. She has been gone for a decade or more but this psalm makes me think of her ad smile knowing that she is with our Savior forever. I will see her again someday, too.
Admittedly; interpreting the verse above with God raising Christ from the dead or Christ not being held and through the power of God in Him He rose is a bit nebulous; I would interpret it as both; Christ ceased after His body died to suffer but had a mission in the underworld to set the captives free then God raised Him at the predetermined time as well as will in the future determine the time He comes back in the Rapture; Second Coming or both as to the exact date.
I start here to transition to the idea that because of His victory all believers who are truly saved have new life and hence have overcome the world ( John 16:33). The oppression which comes as spiritual opposition after His Spirit lives inside a Christian prevents possession but the heaviness of the evil minions; at least from my experience is a constant menace; of course magnified greatly when our own sin gives the enemy an open door to pursue us. In my experience I will also say as I have stated before that that seems to often be one of the most common ways the Lord sanctifies us by breaking down any barriers of self sufficiency and pride and keeping us in a Psalm 51 mentality of a "broken and contrite spirit".
One of the best ways to counteract such oppression is no doubt to ensure we are walking with clean hearts; then put our energy into diligent prayer for others. Praying we are worthy to escape what is to come to pass in Luke no doubt is an individual experience as many believers aren't really praying that hard; but of course having our hearts focused on needs of others first I would describe as that of an athlete doing rigorous training. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 I have always interpreted as focused on evangelizing; but of course anyone who does that frequently acknowledges that much prayer is a necessity before such activity as well as during and after
In studying today's news headlines on what happened in New Orleans we see how some perished being at the wrong place and the wrong time and see a parallel to this verse. Without sounding dismissive I would emphasize that hanging out in crowds who are characterized by drinking and carousing in densely packed areas are more often apt to such a fate in part as a judgment of God.
We of course shouldn't be arrogant as to our higher moral behaviors somehow justifying us.
Another way of looking at it is if we look at the lives of such individuals say 24 hours before their passing would they seem so innocent; clearly some who die in this way are saved; others lost but the warning notwithstanding in the next verse is that without repentance we all will perish; whether now or years in the future and meet the same fate if we are unregenerated in the meantime.
Perhaps a good segway at this point is to look at the story of the wedding in Cana; and how Jesus often ate and drank with "sinners" to the point where He was accused of being a "winebibber"; or just hobnobbing with "sinners" by the self righteous Pharisees. Today it seems the family celebrations such as this are often forgotten; if not with formal weddings being abandoned we certainly don't have a feast these days too often for the wayward brother coming back home as was the case with the Prodigal son. So genuine feasts that are honorable have been replaced by self-indulgences and other vices of immorality.
Of course the outer damage the enemy inflicts is just a shadow of the spiritual warfare in the heavenly places. We see suicidal tendencies and murder inspired by another god and his instruction manual(s). The fact that this isn't considered "normal" in our nation shows in all honesty how weak the church is here today; we all need a "reality check
It seems your prayers and probably of many have done something.
As to the outline it was an impromptu collection of a few thoughts; doubtless missing many things. In comparison to your editing procedures; I go thorough things entirely in my mind (as it is too dark to write anything down in my room and I am undisciplined writing notes).
I will say that the Psalm 23 song (Leanna Crawford) I have found as a stunning example of a Spirit filled one. Not sure if I'm allowed to recommend something here but it has strengthened me probably a dozen times at least. Reading about the artist apparently songs are written based on past experiences (like that of her grandmother mentioned in the opening lyrics).
I appreciate prayer about my dad as well with his mocking faces; something he always has done off and on with a "narcissistic" personality. The enemy clearly has a strong foothold in this house; my greatest fear is not telling them daily to repent and believe the Gospel as they are hellbound. I have long asked God to deliver me from my situations and believe He can but in some sense my emotional state has shut me down to that reality. I had a bizarre sort of nightmare one night thinking about going out of my house after asking the Lord to send His angels if necessary to get me out. I certainly don't want to leave prematurely and have the enemy make a rout of me; but also in the same token don't want any more entrapment by either of my parents where I don't honestly know a way to coexist peacefully.
I owe you one; guess in heaven I can thank you.
2 Corinthians 2:1 - But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
The word heaviness is the word for grief. It's a word used all the way through here.
2 Corinthians 2:2 - For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
For if I make you grieve (the word sorry is the word grieve), who is he then that makes me glad, and the word glad means to have a good frame of mind, but the same which is made to grieve by me?
So, he says if I come there, and I cause you to grieve over the heaviness of my discipline, and I'm looking for the Lord through you to minister back, so I can have a good encouraging frame of mind about the things of the Lord, but if I make you grieve, who's going to make me glad? It won't be there!
2 Corinthians 2:8 - Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
The word confirm is a political word. It means to announce to the public. For instance, people announcing their candidacy for president. It's a public announcement. He's saying don't just let the guy in the side door and say sit over there and you can join us again. Make it a public announcement. Make it official that this person is welcome back to fellowship.
Let everybody know about it because they have been told to stay away. And you are to confirm your love toward him, in front of him, and in front of everyone else, your AGAPE, your concern for his spiritual welfare, even to the point of sharing with him how much it hurt the fellowship to discipline him like that. But it was out of love, not out of anger or hatred.
2 Corinthians 1:17 - When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
When I therefore was thus minded, or intentions, did I use lightness? It literally means to waffle. Did I kind of say "Yea, I might do that, or I might not, kind of waffling between decisions."
2 Corinthians 1:18 - But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
But as God is true, and that's the word faithful in the Greek, our word toward you was not yes and no.
2 Corinthians 1:22 - Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
Who hath also sealed us (the protective element around our spirit), and has given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. The word earnest means guarantee. In fact, the word guarantee, ARRABON in Greek, the word now in modern Greek means engagement ring, a pledge so to speak. So, what God has done is He has sealed us, and He has given us His Spirit as a guarantee or pledge in our hearts that we belong to Him, and that He's coming for us.
He made similar remarks in Ephesians 1:13-14. He said in whom you also trusted (meaning Christ), after that you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also after that you believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest, and again that's ARRABON, of the guarantee of our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased possession unto the praise of His glory.
He has purchased us. He just hasn't come to pick us up yet. But the giving of His Spirit to us is the guarantee that He is coming for us. And we find that as we continue to go through the scriptures, it is the guarantee of God that we belong to Him. So, Paul says this is our confession, God is the one. He establishes us. He anoints us for what He wants us to do. He seals us. And He gives us His Holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 1:6 - And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
And whether we be afflicted, again THLIPSIS, it is for your encouragement and salvation. He says we are afflicted, but it's for you, which is effectual, which means energized, in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, or encouraged, it is for your encouragement and salvation.
So, Paul says I'm going through these things so that what I'm going through, and the ministry of Christ to me while I'm going through it, will be an encouragement to you. But affliction (THLIPSIS) is necessary.
2 Corinthians 1:12 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Paul says, for our rejoicing (literally boasting), is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation, which is an old English word for lifestyle, in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward, or toward you.
He says simplicity. The Greek word for simplicity means singleness of focus. In other words, he lived his life with one focus in mind. He made decisions for that one focus. He didn't get involved in the world except for the fulfilment of that one focus.
2 Corinthians 1:3 - Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
Blessed is God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and notice this, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
The word mercies is the word for compassion. And the word for comfort is the word encouragement. There are different types of comfort. That's why I am being specific. God is the Father of compassions, and He is the God of all encouragement. The word encourage is the same word used for the comforter in the gospel of John. The comforter, PARA means alongside of, and KALEO means to call.
A comforter is somebody who comes alongside of you to lead and to guide and to be there with us. And the word encouragement, what is encouraging is that God sends His Spirit to be alongside of us to minister and to guide.
So, he blesses God. And again, the word bless or blessed is the word to speak well of. He wasn't pronouncing a blessing on God. He says God is to be well spoken of because He is the Father of mercies, and the God of all encouragement. You can kind of tell what the subject is going to be.
2 Corinthians 1:4 - Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Who comforts, and again that's the word encourage, who comforteth us in all our tribulation. That word for tribulation is THLIPSIS. And this is the word that will be used all the way through. PARAKALEO is for encouragement, but THLIPSIS means stress or distress. The things we experience, every hardship we go through, it produces some level of stress.
(2 Corinthians Part 1): 2 Corinthians gives us the description of ministry, the discussion about the collection, and the defense of Paul's ministry.
2 Corinthians 1:1 - Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
Earlier, Paul says I have been sent out, and secondly, he says I am an apostle of Jesus Christ. So, Jesus Christ sent me and I represent Him in my sending out. And then he shares how he was called. It was by the will of God, literally in the Greek text, THROUGH the will of God. In other words, it wasn't ambition. It wasn't even his personal desire. God called him through His will.
In the book of Galatians, and this is very important, Paul says Paul an apostle, not of men (notice plural), neither by man (singular), but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead. So, he says not from a committee of human beings, nor by a man. Nobody put me in this position other than Jesus Christ Himself. He called me.
At the end of the verse where it says, "in all Achaia," the word all is not the normal word for all. In fact, it's the word whole in the Greek, in the whole region of Achaia. So that would be all the people, not just at Corinth, but so that this letter will reach all of the people over the whole region of Achaia. So, it's not just for Corinth.
2 Corinthians 1:2 - Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
He says Grace to you and peace. The greeting grace (CHARIS) is the greeting to the Greek or Gentile. And Peace (SHALOM) is the greeting to the Jew. EIRENE in Greek is the Greek version of SHALOM, the Hebrew greeting.
Those were lovely words of wisdom from God's Word.
It sound like things are really tough right now. I will continue praying for you. I read the second post on your topic ad thought it was very good. I hope you can keep going on this topic. I don't feel the need to step in at this point. I am composing writing on the topic I started on last month and want to continue in that. going through the proofreading part now so I can post some soon.
Here we are at the beginning of a new year. We can be confident in God and His will for each of us. He will direct our paths as we surrender to Him, as you stated in your post, yielding our selves and lives to Him daily.
May you be so blessed today and I pray that your Mom and Dad will get a competent, caring, and faith-filled caregiver soon.
I am trying to do my best, but I still have fell short please pray for me.
Thanks.
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1. Unregenerate man cannot perceive the truth without Divine intervention which comes to all who He has called and chosen.
Thus we have every "religious" experience involve the flesh whether appealing to the mind; body or unregenerated soul of the individual. This involves an intersection of demonic entities with men and the world system (world; flesh and Devil). The truth on the other hand involves mortifying the flesh and the beginning of new life in the Spirit of the Lord.
2. Unregenerate man (this is my theory which I've stated before) tends to gravitate toward either following a "moral" code of ethics which is exemplified in the Sermon on the Mount or; alternatively go towards total anarchy which often involves Satanism or atheism (usually interchangeable depending on the emphasis of the individual self association with one extreme or the other).
This shows how point one is taken as the horse behind the cart so to speak; rather than dealing the necessary death blow to self AND the new life to produce not just actions but pure motives behind them it is like trying to polish garbage; or as Jesus stated to the Pharisees cleaning the outside of containers filled with dead men's bones.
3. Unregenerate man is already under the wrath of God. There are fatal flaws in the most respected "humanitarians" because they put whatever belief system as a substitution for the first commandment. True repentance indeed brings the fear of the Lord with it; and preaching against sin is necessary. The work is done by the Spirit however; we can be part of the process or watering the seed as it were but the Master of the harvest is the only one who can do a work in someone's innermost being.
4. No one can stop or outsmart the enemy of our souls as to what prophetically is stated to come to pass in these last days.
She is intransigent about overnight help. I am talking with the President in charge of the care agency locally who is a believer to attempt to communicate with my mom on the options available; he will discuss things further with me Friday. Things are on again; off again with disputes with my mom whose memory isn't always accurate and is very fussy about me getting things and doing things and not explaining exactly what she wants; that on top of my dad's mocking faces which characterizes the way he always acts sometimes has made me seek a place to stay other than here; so far options other than an air b and b 60 miles away haven't panned out. The illness may be affecting her brain or perhaps alzheimers as someone else suggested.
She has been trying turmeric and pepper which has curbed the progress of this illness in clinical studies.
Let me give you an outline of my concepts and as you did before maybe you can take over if you feel led.
That Damascus Rd experience must have truly set his heart on fire for the Savior & for lost souls. He heard Jesus speak, he believed & went forth with a singular determination in his heart. We haven't seen with the physical eye or heard with the ear, yet with Spirit-given faith we ought to have the same heart & fervour for Jesus and those lost without Him: "blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed" ( John 20:29). Every blessing.
I felt that the verse sums up a lot of what we're studying on.
Blessings.
I hope you are doing well. How is your Mom doing? and your Dad?
I think this topic of deception is a good one since there is so much of it in the world and in the church as well. Thanks for this introduction. I look forward to the rest of the posts on this. We do need to remember that the whole world is under the deception of Satan and only believers have been delivered from his deceptive power. He is a strong adversary. It is not just that other people are deceived and spread lies, but all this deception comes from Satan, the father of lies. We can keep this in mind when we encounter those who are trapped in deception. They are up against an adversary who is treacherous, unrelenting, and stronger than unregenerated mankind. But as for believers, greater is He (the Holy Spirit) who is in us than he who is in the world (Satan). And Jesus said that He came to destroy the works of the devil and that He has overcome him and the evil of the world against believers. Our strength is in Christ and our measure of truth is Christ and our freedom from the devil is in Christ.
Praise the Lord!
I have been keeping you and yours in my prayers.
I love the way you explained being hidden in Christ. We are covered fully by Him, kept secure from the condemnation and accusations of the evil one, freed from the slavery of sin, and bound to Christ like His own flesh.
It is so reassuring to come to grips with this profound teaching. When we feel like God is not near or cannot see Him working in our situation we can with assurance hold on to the truth that He is always with us, in us, and at work in our lives and situations for the good of His pleasure and perfect will.