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My heart hurts for these people. If only they knew that this emptiness they are trying to fill will only grow larger in the absence of God. Only God can sufficiently fill the void in our lives, but when we turn to the flesh to fill it, we sink into a bottomless pit of depravity in an attempt to complete ourselves. The further we fall, the harder it is to see the Truth. Romans chapter 1 goes into the unfortunate details of what's happening here. I am constantly amazed at how fast this all seems to be happening out in the open now.

We raise a child up in they way he or she should go . I can offer frienduffs health class One o One if we need those reminders . Its real simple . GOD made you as you are . If you born with male parts you grow up to become a man . If you born with female parts you grow up to be a woman . When you are grown a man marries a woman or remains single according to his call. Same with a woman , she marries a man or remains single according to her call . Now how simple is that . Oh and no fornication . Marriage only . For purpose of marriage please refer to the above said statement of frienduffs BC health class . Biblically correct health class. IN the end we stand before GOD , not men , not govts , not trends . GOD . Thus let it be said , it is written we shall not live by bread alone , but by every Word of GOD . By the power of HIS SPIRIT given us IN CHRIST . Know and understand this message will not be politcallly accepted . BUT IT IS BIBLCALLY CORRECT . And we KNOW OUR LORD .

Shalom turtle, Yes I've heard of and even seen this happening while back via some very informative videos by Jason A on youtube. I would highly recommend subscribing to his channel for his well-produced videos covering significant Christian news. Don't be put off by the "click bait" titles which are pretty terrible! The content is incredibly eye opening and fully backed up with sources and evidence - no crazy ranting. Search Jason A on youtube. In his channel you'll find a few videos on this development. Love & Shalom

Absolute Morality One of the more common objections to God is whether or not He is moral. Right? We've all heard that argument. How can you follow a God who kills people, women and children included, on a whim? After all, it is your God that wiped out almost the entire population in the flood because they did not follow Him! Ugh. How cruel and morally grotesque! In response, most Christians will attempt to defend what God has done. Perhaps you could discuss the issue with the Canaanites and how they were sacrificing infants to the god, Molech. Or you could discuss the absolute depravity of the days preceding the flood and you can try to show how God really did that for our benefit... There are any number of things that we can go back and forth on with the unbeliever. How does that usually work out? Not so great, right? Well, in order to move forward, we need to take on the unbeliever's worldview in order to perform an internal critique to see how it holds up to scrutiny. We can start by asking the unbeliever a simple question like this. Mr. Unbeliever, while I reject the notion that God is immoral, for the sake of argument, let's assume there is no God. In a world where there is no God and we are nothing more than the product of random chemical reactions, on what basis do you judge morality? How do you determine what is good and, therefore, bad? You see, in your worldview, our brains are nothing more than random chemicals fizzing, creating our thoughts and ideals. We evolved from animals. This random fizzing takes away our ability to operate on free will. We can't control the random reactions in our brains. Do we place the tiger in jail for murdering it's prey? No, that would be absurd. Why are our chemical reactions any different than that of the tiger? Do you get upset at the baking soda when it reacts with vinegar? I doubt it. Basically, in a worldview where there is no God, we are random products of our chemical reactions, to which we have no control. Why would we be upset when one set of chemical reactions interacts with another set of chemical reactions? It's survival of the fittest after all! It's nature. We are nothing more than the animals we came from. There are two common responses to this that the unbeliever can present. Personal preference and societal convention. 1. Personal preference. I feel like that is morally bad, so I believe we shouldn't do it. The problem with this is I may not agree with you. I might personally feel my moral responsibility is to kill you and take your stuff. You have absolutely no moral objection to that because morals are based on personal preference. Your preference has no authority over someone else's life. You can't create an ethical system off of preferences. People have different preferences and not all of them are good. That's why we have jails. 2. Societal Convention. Society gets to decide what is morally good and bad and decide we should or should not do something. The problem here is more significant in my opinion. Let's take Hitler as an example. Hitler was elected to his position of power and began to round up all the Jews. Under this societal convention ideology, anyone who said, hey wait, that's a person and I don't think it's right to round them up just because they are a jew, is now the immoral one. Anyone in America who said slavery was wrong was immoral. This means, that in any society, if there is someone fighting for transformation, they are the immoral one. This means you are stuck with society changing morality over time and you cannot go against it because society has decided and to go against that is immoral. If one society decides its moral to round up the minorities and exterminate them, you cannot wage a moral argument against that. That moral objection you feel in your gut... That's just personal preference and extends no further than your brain. Now, even allowing the discussion of personal preference and societal convention is being generous because you still can't point to an external referent with which you can weigh good and bad against. There must be an absolute good to determine where varying degrees of good and bad fall in that. If an unbeliever tries to say that morals are part of the evolutionary process, please refer to the discussion on laws of logic and uniformity in nature. A material world cannot account for the immaterial. A changing random chance universe cannot account for universal and abstract concepts like morals. A mic drop is always recommended when discussing morality with unbelievers. It can go something like this: If we all came from star dust, as Neil DeGrasse Tyson has posited, then how can you justify preference of one set of star dust over another? By doing so, you make it clear you don't live your life believing there is no God. If you place any value in the life of a toddler over that of a mosquito, then you are living as though humans were created in the image of God.

Shalom That's only part of the problem. The sad truth is that you would be blasted across the news and social media and even risk losing your child if you tried to encourage them to stay true to there God-given body. In some matters, the world dictates the way to raise your child and you will be quickly vilified if you disagree. Christians were once seen as the moral anchor in the west, always there in times of trouble. Now, we're seen as out-of-touch, old fashioned and bigoted. Lord come back soon and save us from this madness and our children from this confusion! My heart goes out to all parents in this situation. And as for those parents who encourage it, what if your grandmother advised your father to do the same thing as a child? Would you happily forfeit your life so that your father could have grown up more comfortable with his sexuality?

Something to consider. I think we're missing something important when we frame *anything* up as "blacks do (did) this...." "Whites do (did) that...". There is ONE place where race distinctions truly get wiped out and we're standing in it. It's at the foot of the cross, where red is the only color that matters and was shed for all colors, UNDENIABLY granting equal value to every race and nationality. People do (did) this or that because they're wittingly or not following the wrong god and in need of the Saviour. Not because of their color or ethnic group.

Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. Colossians 2:8 If Christianity is true, it must, therefore, be the only one that is true. When you argue against the ultimate authority of the Bible, on any level, you undermine the preconditions of intelligibility and destroy logic, uniformity in nature and absolute morality. In that, we must internally critique the opposing worldview and therein you will find the proof of God as it rests in the impossibility of the contrary. That was a mouthful. What do I mean by that? Throughout our lives we hear a repeated phrase as the world is explained to us. “Science tell us…” followed by some explanation provided by a scientist, professor, talking head or some actor like Bill Nye on TV. But, it is important to understand one very simple concept about this statement. Science doesn’t tell us anything. I know this will sound elementary, but just stick with me. Science doesn’t talk, scientists do. Science doesn’t interpret itself, scientists do that. Have you ever wondered why there are some scientists that don’t agree with others? It is not because they are looking at different data, it is because they are looking at the data through different worldviews. Everyone has one. What if I told you we have irrefutable proof of God and the Ultimate authority of His Word? Now... What if I also told you we can also do this without providing any evidence for God's creation? Stay with me here! In my opinion, there are mountains of evidence for creation. I'll outline a couple for you, just for fun. Let's literally start at the very Beginning. - many times we hear unbelievers talk about the big bang and evolution as a means for the existence of life without God. Often times they claim that they refuse to believe in some magical sky God because they follow science instead. - it's always interesting to ask them what science they use to explain how nothing created the observable universe today. They can't, therefore it's a faith claim. They can try to argue that there wasn't a beginning but, even amongst secular scientists, they mostly agree that there was a beginning. At Stephen Hawkins 70th birthday party, agnostic Alexander Vilenkin declared the following conclusion, which couldn't have been easy for him: “All the evidence we have says that the universe had a beginning.” To argue against the big bang, as an atheist, is to go against mainstream opinions on the matter by atheist scientists. To claim an eternal universe or a cyclical universe introduces another set of obstacles that I won't get into at this time. I'd like to note that many Christians shy away from the big bang because they assume it is a product of a godless universe, but this isn't necessarily the case. It doesn't matter if it was the big bang or not, because that is the scientific consensus and we can argue against it by asking how. If this is what mainstream science is using, we can use it to our advantage. You can call it the big bang if you like, but I know who banged it!! As we move forward from here, It starts to get worse for the unbeliever. One faith claim will quickly turn into several. For instance... We can examine the probability of protein forming by chance. To tackle this, we will turn to Doctor Steven Meyer and Dr. Doug Axe who calculated that the probability of one simple protein forming by chance is 10 to the 164th power. To put that huge number into perspective, there are only 10 to the 80th power elementary particles in the observable universe. There has only been 10 to the 16th seconds since the big bang. No serious scientist thinks that life began by chance. Here is why. That was the probability of just ONE protein forming by chance. But that’s not the end of the story for the creation of a single cell. The cell also needs carbohydrates, complex sugars, nucleic acids, DNA, RNA, lipids…etc. All these elements then must be brought into the same micro environment at the same moment in time. By micro environment, it is meant that all these pieces would need to be present inside of a cell-like membrane, in that microscopic space. Even with that, you still don’t have life, merely the required ingredients. This is why the topic of inorganic matter turning into organic matter is mostly ignored. We could talk about Evolution and how the fossil record is not consistent with the Darwinian theory of gradual evolution. We could talk about Information science and how information has never shown to originate from anything other than an intelligent mind. There are lots of things we could talk about when it comes to evidence for God. However, even with moutains of evidence that seem to point to creation, the unbeliever will still shake their head and contend that this is just not how they see the world. This is because any astute philosopher will find a rescuing device. What is a Rescuing device? - basically, excuses for the unknown. - we all have them. - you wouldn't be prepared to change your worldview based on one piece of evidence I can give you. You'll find a rescuing device. Thats because we all have presuppositional beliefs. What is a presupposition? That is the very core of what we believe at a foundational level. - For me, my core presuppositional believe is that the Word of God is the Ultimate Authority. This is the foundation on which I use to interpret the evidence set before me in my daily life. We all come to the evidence with a certain worldview. Some claim they don't. They believe we should come to the evidence neutrally and objectively. But that is a worldview on how you should evaluate evidence. - The philosophy that we should interpret evidence without a philosophy, is itself a philosophy. I'll give you a quick example of a presuppositional belief that most of us share, whether we realize it or not. You take for granted things such as your memory. You believe that your memory is reliable. Someone my say, but Walk Softly, I don't need to presuppose a reliable memory because I had it tested a month ago on a certified Facebook test and I did awesome! Well, I'm really proud of you, but you're still presupposing your memory is reliable because otherwise how could you know you took a memory test? How do you really know you took a test and that you remember it correctly. Right? This is just one example of how we all utilize presuppositions. This is why the battle isn't about evidence. I can show you enough evidence that a rational man would see the absurdity of any existence outside of God. But if you presuppose there is no God, that rational man will invoke any number of rescuing devices to support their worldview. So, what are we to do then? You've got your secular friend looking at the world presupposing God doesn't exist and therefore comes up with infinite unknowns to support his worldview. Here you are, holding your Bible, explaining all the evidence with great care and articulation. Yet you get nowhere. You bring up comets and ask how we can still have comets in our galaxy after billions of years, but the unbeliever will simply invoke an ort cloud, which simply supplies new comets. Even though there is no evidence of an ort cloud, you will be unable to prove it doesn't exist to the unbeliever! You explain that the fossil record doesn't match gradual evolution so you get someone like Stephen Gould who posits the idea of - Punctuated Equalibrium. "The fossil record doesn't support evolution as its interpreted in a gradualist Darwinian fashion, but we know evolution took place so the fossil record must prove to us that evolution took place with punctuated periods of equalibrium." You raise legitimate concerns with irreducible complexity to which the unbeliever says just give us enough time and we'll figure it out. You can point out that animals reproduce according to their kind. Well, they do right now, but go back far enough and they didn't! This will go on and on and back and forth with no real accomplishment on either side. Like I said earlier, evidence will rarely be enough to change the mind of an astute philosopher. However, there is a different approach which is to show the absurdity of the unbeliever's worldview and how they borrow from the Christian worldview when it suits their needs. Now we have come full circle and we are back at my original assertion. If Christianity is true, it must, therefore, be the only one that is true. When you argue against the ultimate authority of the Bible, on any level, you undermine the preconditions of intelligibility and destroy logic, science and absolute morality. In that, we must internally critique the opposing worldview and therein you will find the proof of God as it rests in the Impossibility of the contrary. Stay tuned as I'll be posting separately about how the unbeliever's worldview cannot account for logic, uniformity in nature (upon which all of science is built) and absolute morality. When we are confronted by an unbeliever we must, just for a moment, step into their core presuppositional belief (no God) and show them how they live their lives in direct contradiction to their worldview. This won't necessarily change the unbelievers heart, but that's not our job. After we gently (1 Peter 3:15-16) destroy their worldview, we must pray for them. He must have a strong belief in the trustworthy message he was taught; then he will be able to encourage others with wholesome teaching and show those who oppose it where they are wrong. Titus 1:9 So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish. 1 Corinthians 1:20

The deceiver is fast at work and his been working through all men in all religions . He causes the chaos so he can offer his unity of all religions solution . Our most dangerous adversary is controlling men within the christain religion itself . Yes our judas comes from within our own religion . in name only not in heart . Oh but its deceptive . highly deceptive . many are under its lure and know it not . My advice , let no man , woman , donkey , dog , peacock , parrot , any pets , no friend , no not even enemies go under this all inclusive peace and unity move . ITS THE SOLUTOIN of the dark one . ITS the key player , its leading all to the beast .

Uniformity in Nature All of science rests on the uniformity of nature. Operational science requires this presupposition. - For example, if you perform an experiment today under certain conditions and then you peform the same experiment under the same conditions at a later date, you would expect the results to be same. If the results were different, no one would assume that nature had changed, but instead would assume that a condition of the experiment had changed. All technology is also based on this principle. - If this wasn't the case, then tomorrow morning when you turn your phone on, it might just turn into a piece of broccoli. Poof! This is the presuppositional assumption that unbelievers should live by if they are being true to a random chance universe. The laws of nature are consistent over time and space. The future is similar to the past. - When we step out of an elevator on floor 36, we don't brace ourselves just in case gravity doesn't work the same way on this floor. That would be silly. Do you hold your breath when you walk into a new room just in case all the air gathered in the corner? No, you don't do that because you presupose that nature operates in a consistent way as it has in the past. God upholds the universe in a consistent way for us. He certainly doesn't have to, but He does it for our benefit. See Genesis 8:22. Apart from God, we would have no reason to believe this. Because of the way our brains are wired, we can't know the future. We can remember the past, we experience the present, but we can't know the future. We are able to presume that the future will be like the past only because God tells us so. Common responses from unbelievers. Everyone knows that. - sure, but why is there uniformity? How can you know? This doesn't answer the question. The inherent properties of matter cause it to behave in a uniform way. That's just the way nature is. - This isn't really an answer because we don't really know what the inherent properties of matter are. We only really know what our experiences of matter have been like. Saying that's just the way it is, is not an answer. A Christian could be just as arbitrary and claim the same about Christianity. Welp, that's just the way it is! The future reflects the past because it always has. - This is begging the question. You must presupose that the future will always be like the past, but you have no actual basis for that. We take it for granted that we can use past experiences to assume the future. - We can make some absurd assumptions when we do this. For example, I could say that I'm immortal simply because I've never died before. - What the unbeliever is really saying here is that in the past, the future was like the past. Therefore, in the future the future will be like the past. Unfortunately, as soon as they say therefore, they are crossing a boundary that they have no right to cross. - David Hume and Bertrand Russell concluded that we cannot found the inductive principle on an appeal to experience. The attempt to do so is begging the question. What does this mean? It means that intelligent atheists know that experience can't be the foundation for the inductive principle, so what is? - As Christians, if we really wanted to go on the attack, we could point out that the unbeliever can't even know what happened in the past without assuming their memory is reliable. Unbelievers have no real reason to assume their memories, or even their senses are reliable. Your memory presupposes that the laws of nature are constant over time since they are just chemical reactions. If chemistry and physics were changing, you couldn't even trust your memory. I mean it when I say that without God, you can't know anything. Unbelievers are forced to stand on the Christian foundation to refute Christianity. I'd like to add an additional nugget of truth for you to ponder here. In a debate, Dr. Greg Bahnsen once told his opponent that the very act of showing up to the debate proves he is wrong. By showing up, he had already lost. Let me explain. In a Godless worldview, our brains are just fizzing chemical reactions. Our thoughts are nothing more than random chemical reactions in our brains. We have no real free will as it's a random uncontrolled process. Therefore, the very notion that you can present your ideas with the purpose of changing people's minds is absurd. The mere notion that you came to debate a topic with the intent of changing people's minds shows you are wrong and acting inconsistently with your worldview.

Laws of logic How can an unbeliever account for the laws of logic? What are laws of logic? - Immaterial, universal, invariant, abstract entities which govern all possible conceptual relationships. - They are contingent upon the God of the Bible. Material atheists will, no doubt, try to argue against the necessity for God with regards to laws of logic. -They might tell us that laws of logic are material and are just chemical reactions in the brain. Well, they can't be material if they are laws and they certainly can't be universal if they don't extend beyond your brain. No two people would have the same laws of logic because we all have different chemical reactions. -Maybe they are just descriptions of how the brain thinks? If laws of logic are just descriptions of how the brain thinks, why would we need laws of logic to correct the way the brain thinks? We don't always think logically, and if laws of logic are just descriptions of how we think, we could never violate one because we always think the way that we think. -Laws of logic are just conventions that we all agree on. OK, but that means different cultures could adopt different laws of logic. Welcome to America, here contradictions are true. My car is in the parking lot and it's also not in the parking lot. Enjoy your stay. - They are just properties of the universe. Well, then we would expect them to change over time as the universe changes and thus they would no longer be invariant. Plus, the universe is different in different places so we could expect laws of logic to be different too and therefore they are no longer universal. Laws of logic are describing concepts, not the universe so that last answer is quite silly. To think that laws somehow developed out of the material world is philosophical nonsense. How did that which is particular and contingent give rise to that which is universal and necessary? This would be a good place to quickly dismantle a few worldviews. Relativism - usually presented in the following way. There is no truth. Or, there is no absolute truth. These are easily refuted by turning the statement onto itself. There is no truth! - Is that true? There is no absolute truth! - Is that absolutely true? Your truth is not my truth! - Is that true for everyone? These are called self refuting claims. Every worldview, with the exception of Christianity, is self refuting. Empiricism - the idea that the only truth is that which can be empirically measured. - How do you know what statement is true? Can you empirically measure it? When you know how to ask the right questions by stepping into the opposing worldview, this becomes are very powerful method of apologetics!

Say No... If they opt for the Social Service option then you can at lest say you did all you could do.. So before God you can stand with your conscience clear..

What if your child has made up their mind to be another gender,what would you do? Jesus is Coming …10Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near. 11Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”12“Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.…

Do not kiss nor bow down to korans and blow smoke through indian pipes nor bow to budda statues in the name of world peace . Do not claim they are serving the SAME TRUE GOD . For these are idols created by men , creations of darkness. Therefore you shall not be as the other nations and other religions and bow nor kiss their books . Nor shall you have unity with any who does teach the people to err . You shall touch not the unclean thing , FOR ye are called Out of the bondage that these images and all who hold to them . You are to be HOLY for GOD IS HOLY . Build no alter , neither physical nor spiritual and exalt or place these false gods anywhere near thee . THEY ARE A CURSE unto the nations and an abomination to the LORD your GOD . having eyes they see not , having ears they hear not , as those who worship them have eyes but see not ears but hear not . FLEE the spirit behind BAALIM , who had his women seduce the people into fornication with other gods . THIS is that spirit that is now at work to seduce the people to build bridges and find common ground and acceptance with other gods . JESUS ALONE is the ONLY WAY and let no man build in this false tower of many diverse stones that many do build trying to reach heaven . IT will never reach heaven . FOR their is but ONE WAY unto the FATHER and HIS NAME IS CHRIST JESUS . all else is sinking sand , thus flee any unity with any who promote this .

Greetings to all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, MM, Jesus says that He is going to send His angels to gather His elect unto Himself after the tribulation is over. This gathering of the elect He says takes place after the sun, moon, and stars go dark and He arrives in the clouds of heaven for all the world to see. Mat 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Mat 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. I agree that we are not told the day or hour, but we are told of the signs which will signify that it is at hand. Luk 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Luk 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. Luk 21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. Jesus says that when we witness the cosmic sign and the associated earthquake we can expect His arrival at any moment. The signs will let us know our rescue is about to happen. If I'm still here I'll be looking up into the heavens for my Saviour. Your idea, since Jesus is the Word, and He said that only the Father knows the day and hour, that the Scriptures have nothing to say about the time of our rapture, is way off track. Paul said explicitly that we, the elect, the church, are not in darkness that the day should overtake us as a thief. 1Th 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. The day of our rapture is the day of Christ's arrival and the day His wrath begins to fall upon those who will have been persecuting us. MM, this isn't rocket science, it just requires one to read and believe what the Scriptures say. Glory be to the Lord Jesus Christ

23 Do not make any gods to be alongside Me MY POINT EXACTLY . Don't be putting no allah or budda or some hindu new age junk along side OF GOD . Instead let every lamb that has breath say , JESUS ALONE SAVES and no other can . Flee them false religions and FIND the ONLY PEACE one can have with the ONLY GOD their is , IN CHRIST ALONE .

Will someone remind the POPE of this . He so busy trodding JESUS under foot and making all religions to be as brethren . And most the protestant leaders want unity with this . NEVER . JESUS ALONE will be exalted on our watch . JESUS ALONE , all others are false . WITH a capital F .

And folks think we aint In the last days . Has evil always been in this world . Yes . BUT its never been so honored , celebrated in the streets as Sodom did , never been so glorified and honored as it is today . And no one can say otherwise . All we can do is continue to preach Christ , to build up one another with Sound pure biblical doctrine . warn , remind , encourage all to stand firm and faithful to the end . And now a word from OUR LORD right before the jews were taken captive by babylone into judgment . YE are as Sodom , sin is no longer hid, its celebrated Right in the streets . I say that , because GOD don't change. When folks do not want God n their conscious , no reminder of Him , romans one says what happens , He gives them over to this mind . WELL , we got a roman one level reprobation , ON THE WORLD . SO its a world wide judgment that is on the way . Let us quickly remember these words too . And in the latter times of their kingdoms, WHEN the transgressors have come to the FULL THEN STANDS ANTI CHRIST . Whom our LORD will destroy at HIS COMING . But we are nigh the climatic end of the battle , and even now the dark spirits are fast at work creating an all inclusive one world one mindset all accepting religion ,FROM WHICH THE BEAST SHALL RISE . These are the LAST of the last of the last of days . And the lie , the delusion , it don't care what religion you are or non religious , ITS SUCKING ALL UP into its web . ALL BUT THE TRUE LAMBS . But they the ones this beast shall turn full force against .

Hi Wayne, I agree that we should listen to and take heed of those mature in the Lord and who are actually in our lives. To give someone who is in charge of a public meeting the authority over your life, is not right. Let`s see what the apostle Paul demonstrates. `For you yourselves know, brethren that our coming to you was not in vain, but even after we had suffered before and were spitefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict. For our exhortation did not come from deceit or uncleanness, nor was it guile, but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts. For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak for covetousness - God is witness, nor did we seek glory from men, either from you or from others, when we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. BUT we were gentle among you, just as a nursing mother cherishes her own children. So affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but also our own lives, because you became dear to us. For you remember, brethren, our labour and toil: for labouring night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God. You are witnesses, and God also, how devoutly and justly and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you who believe; as you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his own children, that you live a life worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.` (1 Thess. 2: 1 - 12) I wrote the whole chapter out as it gives a good picture of Paul living amongst the believers in everyday life, working with his own hands so as to not be a burden to the believers. His behaviour was of a `nursing mother,` & `as a father.` That is very personal, and not the picture of someone over a great congregation who does not know the individuals, plus receives a wage for preaching. The latter is certainly NOT the scripturally picture of a leader. Marilyn.

Hi Wayne Thank you, yes I am getting better. Now I hear what you say, but I was NOT referring to the people who of course go to public meetings. I was talking about the system we have developed over the past few centuries that has become the ONLY recognised church. Jesus did not set up the systems we have in place, He called out people to be His Body. Yes there are meetings that have the communion, speaking truth and good fellowship, however the organisation behind that coming together is not the church but an organisation that runs meetings. And because that type of organisation has been around for a while, people think that that is the church, whereas you and I know that `we` are the church, the ekklesia of God, the called out ones. People think they know the difference, but if you don`t go to a public meeting then they think you are backslidden, not supporting God`s work, not fellowshipping with others etc etc. It is subtle but this mind set has caused much pain for if that type of meeting is the real church then I need to obey everything the leader/s say. Very dangerous. Finally, yes there are good meetings, but still behind the scenes is man`s organisation. Two different things, one the church, (the people) & the other, man`s way of bringing people together publically. regards, Marilyn.

I wouldn't try to be dogmatic on this, but my best guess would be "both". We have references that indicate "house to house" meetings...meetings IN the temple in Jerusalem...meetings in synagogues. I don't really know but I'm doubtful Christian felt like an offensive label due to its direct connection to the messiah. Jesus said the gospel needed to go first to the Jew....and primarily it did in the early church. It wasn't until Peter was sent to Cornelius house that an overt focus on evangelizing the "nations" was even imaginable to the early Christians. And Jesus had to give Peter a vision to overcome the "separateness" of Jew and gentile in Peter's eyes. I think the message of Jesus would STILL be emanating from synogues in our day had Israel not rejected Him....but they did ...temporarily...so that's speculation Fun to think about though I long for the day when Israel turns as one to the One who bought them...it will be glorious!

Thank you TT? ? Yes, Aus needs prayers ty.

@ForHisGlory37 Thanks so much for speaking forth that timely word (much needed). Repentance and yielding to the One who bought us with His precious blood is so vital. Time to get serious as we watch the end begin to unfold with the apostacy and the great falling away before our eyes.

I second this motion . For sure and for certain with no doubts . HE is on solid ground .

The angel meant to confirm that Jesus will return the same way he departed. And probably at the same spot : (after He return from Armageddon battle) Zech 14: 4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

I agree with your stance on this 100%, you are setting the proper guidelines as you should. What you need, is your wife to support you in this. Praying for you.

I thank God I'm not in that situation !

Give the child the Word of God and make it clear that you do not agree with the course of action.. What else can one do? In the end if a person wants to go down the path of destruction, they are going to go down the path of destruction..

Naturally I would give them frienduffs BC health class. however i wait upon the SPIRIT . it has always given me what should be said . AND its perfect . Seriously , i learned not to wonder what i will say , Just wait on the LORD and rest assured HE will give me words . But as i said naturally of course i would quickly correct and i know the LORD will give me the exact words as well . You are loved angels para usted .

Angels for you , you got prayed for this evening at prayer . You are loved dear sister . AND yes THE COMING OFTHE LORD DRAWS NIGH .

My definition of an ice storm is when the temperature is to warm for snow, but to cold for rain. You can get sleet which give a little traction or pure ice which make the roads very dangerous if not treated. Usually they are between 27 to 34 degrees.

How would we handle it when we have a child who tells us that they feel like the other gender and wants to have a transgender operation? I'm sure this question will come up for lots of parents..

Jeremiah sufferings began with a divine call: The word of the Lord came to me, saying, 1:1-10 Jeremiah's early call to the work and office of a prophet is stated. He was to be a prophet, not to the Jews only, but to the neighboring nations. He is still a prophet to the whole world, and it would be well if they would attend to these warnings. The Lord who formed us, knows for what particular services and purposes he intended us. But unless he sanctify us by his new-creating Spirit, we shall neither be fit for his holy service on earth, nor his holy happiness in heaven. It becomes us to have low thoughts of ourselves. Those who are young, should consider that they are so, and not venture beyond their powers. But though a sense of our own weakness and insufficiency should make us go humbly about our work, it should not make us draw back when God calls us. Those who have messages to deliver from God, must not fear the face of man. The Lord, by a sign, gave Jeremiah such a gift as was necessary. God's message should be delivered in his own words. Whatever wordly wise men or politicians may think, the safety of kingdoms is decided according to the purpose and word of God, Matthew Henrys commentary.

Wow, is that a broad generalization. I mean, if were comparing that statement to the vastness of the universe your statement would be nearly equivalent in breadth. So, if my daughter cries because I would not get her a cell phone, I have no right to withhold the cell phone because of her emotional distress? Give me a break.

Love God and love others ......those are the only rules for those in the Body of Christ....every day is a sabbath day for a Christian ( we are to REST or Sabbath in the finished work of the Cross )and tithing is O.T. Law.Christians are to give what they truly want to give,God is looking for “ cheerful givers” and the early Saints gave up everything they owned.If you choose to not give a dime,you will go to Heaven and find your Heavenly bank account empty.Your choice.

It's simple.... God is not bound by space and time so he can look forward and see what decisions you will make next week. Doesn't mean he likes the decisions you make or that he made you make those decisions, didn't plan for you to make that decision... just saw you do it before you did it.

The label "Christians" was not applied to followers of Jesus until long after the Cross. But there were many followers of Christ prior to that. The above happens pretty deep into Acts so what WERE followers of Jesus called? Some contemporary secular writings seem to recognize this group as a "schism" within Judaisim. A huge percentage of Jesus' earliest followers WERE Jews so it's not surprising unbelievers would identify them as a Jewish sect. The whole foundation of the New Covenant is the Old Covenant so from some perspectives it might even be perceived as an accurate statement Without the Old, "new" makes no sense at all Many times in many ways Jesus identified Himself as "the way" back to restored relationship with Father. So did the apostles in their various writings. If I recall, followers of Jesus were known as "people of the Way". Regardless of the labels applied, it seems clear to me they had to be born again believers.

7 “And if a man sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do. 8 If she does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her. 9 And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters. 10 If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marriage rights. 11 And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money. (Exodus 21:7-11)

That's my understanding as well. Jesus' resurrection is OUR "hope" in knowing that death (though we all will still pass through it) has no power to hold, or retain us. IN HIM death's power is broken ... IN HIM fear of death is extinguished. But death is still operative. The Bible says that Jesus must reign until ALL His enemies are put under His feet... several things become evident here. He must reign for a season and until a set, specific time. Until ALL His enemies are finally, eternally subdued. Death is clearly identified as the last enemy to be finally and eternally subdued. The Bible tells us very precisely when that happens. And it must happen before Jesus returns all the authority He has been given to Father. After those who are His are raised at His coming, THEN the end can come. It does not say how long the interval between that resurrection of His at His coming and the "end" is, but it must precde the end for certain. The next verses tie the "end" to the final triumph over death and Jesus delivering the Kingdom to Father. Also events clearly identified in Scripture. "Time cues" are a precious thing and if we handle them with care to make sure our interpretations don't violate ANY of the Scripture, we find that the "time cues" don't ever give us "the day or the hour" but they sure do give us a VERY precise understanding of the "order of events"

Shalom angels, I think this growing trend of transgender adults and children, which has suddenly flourished over the past few years, upsets us all. This confusion has always been present but once political correctness, self-righteous movements and the medical industry get behind this and fuel it - it's an open invite for all who are struggling to understand themselves. "Therefore God gave them up to uncleanness, in lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen." - Romans 1:24-25 (NKJV) This butchery of the body, however delicate and elegant in the eyes of the surgeon, will always have repercussions in ways we can not possible calculate. Physically, psychologically, sociologically and spiritually. So very sad. Love & Shalom

"Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them: If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing. If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself. But if the servant plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’ then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever." Exodus 21:1-6 (NKJV)

@HisFirst Welcome back. I have missed you. It is kind of you to be concerned about us and our weather situations. I am glad you shared about the terrible ones you are encountering, so we can pray better.

I know right! My worst nightmare sharing the roads with me!!! Ha ha but no, so far so good, snake wise!

How are you getting around those crocs and snakes in the streets HisFirst? eeeeekkks!

Ha ha! It's ok it's like general conversation, it's like that!

Exodus 20:22-26 New International Version (NIV) Idols and Altars 22 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites this: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven: 23 Do not make any gods to be alongside Me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold. 24 “‘Make an altar of earth for Me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause My name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you. 25 If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it.26 And do not go up to My altar on steps, or your private parts may be exposed.’

Northern Ontario....hmph need I say more..... hittin the slopes.yeeeehaw

Sir, I really hope I can forgive them. I have prayed for God to soften my heart for forgive but each time am in a situation and need to remember that, it hurt alot.

4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. 6 For I, the Lord your God, am a *jealous God, visiting[the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. (Exodus 20:4-6) God is "jealous" in a different sense than humans are. He expects full devotion (not merely a partial, lukewarm commitment.) Worship belongs to God alone so He is right to be "jealous' of it. He has this unique position because we were created for His pleasure. (Revelation 4:11)

1 And God spoke all these words, saying: *2“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. *3“You shall have no other gods before Me. (Exodus 20:1-3) *Egypt is a type of the world and sin./Being brought out of bondage Romans 6:18, Colossians 1:13, 2 Timothy 2:26 *"Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." (Matthew 22:37)

Ah perhaps something He is recorded as saying before? Forgive them for they know not what they do.