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We are assured salvation, because God is faithful, and what God has promised us will indeed be accomplished. God can not lie, and He will not lie to us. Faith in Him isn't based on feelings that change from time to time, but on the knowledge of the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross. The Holy Spirit within us testifies to this and assures us that we are saved the moment we believed the gospel message in our hearts. God transforms our lives from the inside, showing an outward transformation of a changed life. This change is confirmation of our salvation. After an encounter with our saviour, we are never the same as we were before. The following scriptures assures us that if we believe, we are indeed saved. Acts 2:21 and Romans 10:13 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.' Romans 10:9 If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them. John 5:24 Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. John 6:47 Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life. John 10:28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. John 17:3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 1 John 2:25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life 1 John 5:11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 1 John 5:13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

Jesus is the shepherd. Your pastor should be leading you to Jesus rather than assuming command himself.

“Jesus answered, “ ’Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and most important command. And the second command is like the first: ’Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ “ Matthew 22:37-39 Suppose I understand the Bible and… am the greatest preacher who ever lived! The Apostle Paul wrote that unless I have love, “I am nothing.” [Billy Graham] Naturally, God Speaks

This is a fascinating post. I have no problem with Paul calling himself an apostle. I think we can learn a lot from him. But if you are of the opinion that only Jesus and God had the authority to create law, I would agree with you.

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”― Edmund Burke All these evangelic pastors showed recently in a post in Worthy by R.Hartono (that seems to have been taken down), these same pastors, they have that the spirit of kundalini=lucifer in them and their churches along side their ambition for personal wealth money making profit, they manifest the Kundalini spirit that has crept into the church, with jerkin's of the head, uncontrolled laughter, barking on all four like a dog, or cooing like a chicken or miowing like cat, the laying on of hands :Shaktipat transfering fire into to others this kundalini spirit is demonic. Here is a video link THE KUNDALINI SPIRIT(COUNTERFEIT HOLY SPIRIT) AND YOGA In this video a lady with blond grey hair and heavy make-up, who claims to have gotten out of that kundalini spirit gives by all looks and purposes a clear lecture about this kundalini spirit. Just by her dress, hair and make-up, I am not sure how much of it she has come out from it herself, again once you have been infected with that kundalini spirit, the person needs deliverance and it than may become a process of removal.I pray this young lady continue to grow and become more and more the child of God He intended for her to be, in the Blood Name of our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus I pray this ! Amen! Amen! Amen! Beware of the churches of today where they are laughing uncontrollably, jerking their heads about or on the flours like serpents or on all fours barking like a dog, or mowing like a cat, behaving like a chicken, howling like a wolf and anyone laying hands on you called :.Shaktipat One of the fruits of the Spirit is self control. 1 Timothy 5:2222Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure. This "uncontrolled" behavior does not come from God, it is the Kundalini spirit manifesting now in churches. There is a great deception going on right now. https://youtu.be/PsKyV5ztDZE

I can remember praying for my husbands salvation and asking the Lord to "give me this mountain--the one with the Anakin." The battle is the Lord's. We just have to be very obedient to the Spirit; The hardest part was keeping quiet when He told me. The more I prayed for the US the worse it got. I finally concluded that God sometimes gives us what we deserve, and that He can use even use the evil that comes upon us to turn us around. He is the One Who puts rulers into office. Our God is in control.

COVID-19 is medical witchcraft. Very few really know what it is. I don't. We are witnessing the fulfilling of Revelation 18:23. The wealthy elite (merchants) are deceiving the world through medical witchcraft.

I guess "we" encompasses more than I know about Worthy. I would say the majority are not. I know this is a jib jab from J. Most of those who discuss the Saturday worship will say so long as we worship and have a day set apart as the Lord's day this is all that matters. ....but yeah, it was Saturday then. We have been doing it wrong for so long no one will dare admit to this now. Blame the early RCs for that one. Idols? The meaning of the term is dual. Yes idols are those things people worshiped instead of God. Yes, they were sometimes carved wood figures or clay. In that sense compared to God Almighty...they are nothin'. In fact anything else that is worshiped instead of God is "nuthin'" in comparison. The second meaning in speaking about idols in those times and probably presently is "idols" were real entities sometimes represented as figures. Yes, they are still nothing compared to God, however these were powerful fallen angels who had territories and they could do things for the people. These were the gods thought to be ancient aliens by a few. Who lived in physical forms at one time....and may still at times. One of the best authors on this subject is Michael S. Heiser. This re enforces though why I think Paul's manner of delivery combined with the way we read some translation can sometimes be misleading. If you just read Paul saying that idols are "nothing" when we all know they are "something" it becomes all about context.

“Even the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom. Even the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭1:25‬ ‭

Oh, are we at Worthy Jesus Words Onlyists? I guess I didn’t know

Assurance is based on Bible facts. How you understand salvation colors how you understand assurance: Heaven is a perfect place where morally imperfect sinners cannot live (without ruining life there). Jesus died and rose for our sin, trust Him today to make you perfect when you meet in person--when He brings you to Heaven. I trusted Jesus, not me, in the past, for perfection. In the present and future I have 100% asssurance. If you're not 100% sure about salvation (assured) trust JESUS NOW FOR SALVATION, not your own efforts to someday (never!) achieve moral perfection / right action 100% of the time).

The scriptures are full of God's directives to "BELIEVE" and "BE SAVED". Doctrines are full of man's ideas on how to be 'properly saved'. Some even say it is impossible for one reason or another and cite God's Sovereign power as some kind of majestic roulette game. It is as straight forward as @appy says. (above). God designed it all so every person that choses Him will be saved. Simple and yet profound.

It is wise to be circumspect. The Bethel churches may sometimes display weird behavior and I am a bit wary of some of them. It is easy to point the finger and this requires perception and discernment. Do not assume it is restricted to silly antics either. If you come across extreme forms of pedantic doctrines and austere and stoic behavior, take care. These unclean spirits are NOT fallen angels. The fallen holy ones are far above them and are mostly the territorial spirits that God put over the nations at Babel. The demons or unclean spirits (unclean due to 'mixtures' which God hates) are roaming around seeking humans to inhabit and influence. They are lower level spiritual beings (demons) and should not be tolerated. So many of the world's unschooled churches can be intimidated by these powers very easily because people want experiences. So these nasty spirits try to fake The Holy Spirit and by doing so, shut the door to many real spiritual experiences because people then become afraid of anything spiritual. So there is a real threat that is not to be ignored. Under emphasis can be as detrimental as over emphasis!!

Just have to avoid him as much as possible, and if he's talking at you through a closed door headphones might be worth considering. It might not be something you especially want to do but you could also look at it as an opportunity to show forgiveness and pray for him. Forgiveness doesn't mean being a doormat or necessarily going out of your way to associate with him. Other than that, hang on tight to the hope that the quarantine is coming to a close soon. We probably won't feel much improvement until summer/fall given the usual speed of government operations but it's something.

AGAPE / UNCONDITIONAL --- SAYS WHO 1 CORINTHIANS 1:9 FOR IT IS WRITTEN I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE AND WILL ---BRING TO NOTHING--- THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRUDENT 1 JOHN 2:9 he that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now --2:10-- HE THAT LOVETH -- his brother abideth in the light and there is none occasion of stumbling in him PSALM 119:130 THE ENTRANCE OF THY WORDS GIVETH LIGHT IT GIVETH UNDERSTANDING UNTO THE SIMPLE JOHN 8:12 THEN SPAKE JESUS AGAIN UNTO THEM SAYING ---I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD--- HE THAT FOLLOWETH ME SHALL NOT WALK IN DARKNESS BUT SHALL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE 1 JOHN 2:15 LOVE NOT THE WORLD NEITHER THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORLD IF --ANY MAN-- LOVE THE WORLD THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN HIM LOVING THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

Amen!

But is not the virus moving via water droplets? Not just floating along on the breeze.

From the beginning the church has had to do deal with false and damaging teaching, but I have always been in of the mind that people who fall into such teaching, are not deceived or tricked, into them, but rather seduced by a tickled ear and a false promise to give up the way they know to be true to get what they want, whether that is the promises of riches, or the watered down compromising of bible truth It is not the wolves who howl on the fringes that should worry us, but rather the wolves in sheep's clothing who are among us Matthew 7:15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits" The bible tells us many times not to be deceived, because such a deception is a choice...we make.

In genuine salvation you have that supernatural, certain knowing. Here is part of a famous hymn, which describes it very well. "Long my imprisoned spirit lay Fast bound in sin and nature’s night; Thine eye diffused a quickening ray, I woke, the dungeon flamed with light; My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and followed Thee." [And Can It Be, verse 4, by Charles Wesley]

At this point, this Covid-19 is real, you don't want to mess with it. Taking precautions makes sense. Sadly, many small businesses that have been imposed strict measures are closing and will not be able to recover. Older people, poorer people, sicker people are dying , lack of food, lack of medical care, lack of funding all are taking a heavy toll. In the meantime; The Great RESET Is continuing as planned to be rolled out 5 G is being rolled out as planned and when in full force, will cause more people to get sick. Just got a notification from my internet provider that they have augmented the speed and degree , no turning back. Make sure to protect against 5G, get enough iron in your system from foods ( black olives) as 5G depletes the body of iron, thus depleting oxygen levels going to the lungs. Take everything to the Lord in prayer, fear not Christ Jesus is with us always who believe in Him as promised. Philippians 4:6-7 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Yes...He give us that assurance....He is a personal God and desires that we trust Him. That happens as we know Him in real time. This is alien to some who are Born again. In part, I must conclude, it involves expectations. And that is connected to teaching. Ultimately to Gods will, as He is perfectly capable of getting through to us. Ask.....

Terms such as assurance tend to be somewhat ambiguous because different Christians use them in different ways. Some use them in precisely defined theological ways and others in less definite emotional ways. Some tie them to doctrinal beliefs and others to feelings. Some Christians make a big deal out of phrases such as "know for sure" to describe assurance and as a proof of salvation. I recall once when a fellow believer doing door to door evangelism knocked at my door and asked if I knew for sure I was saved. I made the mistake of replying that I had much confidence in my salvation. After I said that, I couldn't convince him I was a Christian because I didn't give the exact answer he wanted to hear. Even after I gave a quick version of my testimony, he kept trying to lead me in a sinner's prayer because I hadn't immediately said I knew for sure I was saved. Having listened to many testimonies of many Christians with various doctrinal outlooks using different words to describe what seems to be the same things, this is the pattern I see. Most Christians testify of some type of conversion event and experience (be it called being saved, saying a sinner's prayer, being born again, accepting Christ, becoming a Christian, or whatever) at which they become aware of God's presence in some way in their heart. In the months and years following that, most Christians also talk about having intellectual and emotional doubts and insecurities about God and our standing with Him at various times and for various reasons. Many Christians attempt to resolve these issues (usually with limited success) by reading apologetics materials, trying to convince themselves intellectually to have no doubts about various doctrinal beliefs, memorizing particular Bible verses, and in general trying to work harder at being a good Christian. However, the one pattern I've seen that usually holds is that our trust and confidence in God simply grows more and more over months, years, and decades of getting to know Him more and more from His working in our hearts and lives and in those around us. In other words, the more we get to know God Himself via our daily spiritual walk, the more trust and confidence we have in Him and the more assurance we have that we are indeed His. Ultimately, our trust and confidence and faith rests in knowing God Himself and not just convincing ourselves to have no doubts about particular doctrinal or biblical facts about God.

Yes, I am assured and sure. Gods word is clear, He intervened in my life and has proven Himself to me in very specific personal ways. over and over again. I am assured of an actual historic Jesus Christ and what He accomplished for me. The entire universe and the reality of what I am as a being only makes sense when there is a personal God that Loves me.

No the countries that have fared well and still so, are those countries who from the get go,kept people out and continued their business as usual like: Vietnam

Praying for you, brother. Rheumatoid arthritis is an ordeal...

An example of the usefulness of genetic analysis. It has also aided authorities in identifying and eventually apprehending those who are guilty of the most heinous crimes. With the recent advance in protein folding (an unintended byproduct of pandemic research), all manner of possibilities present themselves. This is the key to curing genetic maladies and most forms of disease.

For what purpose, may I ask? One's DNA doesn't inform the inquirer regarding a person's habits nor their behaviors. It doesn't spell out how an individual thinks, either. This sort of information is what companies actually pay for, missmuffet. Each time you make a purchase... every time you access the internet... your mouse clicks on webpages... your geolocation... populates a profile unique to your IP maintained by a number of tech firms such as google (Alphabet) and Facebook. Both have come under fire for selling this information. This is known as "data mining." Our DNA is nothing compared to our habits.

Hi jtb. It is a generalisation, but I believe leaders can be classified as being one of two kinds: Leaders who think Christ is the head of the ekklesia. Leaders who think they are the head of the ekklesia. If the illumination of the Holy Spirit dims, we are wise to look for the following elements of control at work: D - Domination I - Intimidation M - Manipulation S - Seduction Scripture identifies and warns about these and fortunately on the flip-side their opposites are alive and well where the Holy Spirit shines. S - Sacrifice H - Humility I - Impartiality N - Nurturing E - Edification S - Stewardship

If you're vulnerable and concerned, quarantine. I don't see it as productive to wear the mask or shame others into wearing it, as it's mostly ineffective. States do not have the authority to limit constitutional freedoms based on fear or health. I get they have assumed that power but it certainly is not a power granted by the Constitution and in fact is refuted. You might be surprised what people may do about it. You're not paying attention if you think getting elected will change anything. The bureaucracy is too bloated. A purge is needed. Those in power right now at the state level are too entrenched, having grown accustomed to power. Power which has been given to bureaucrats; unelected bureaucrats. Wholly unconstitutional. Thanks for the advice.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. There came a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.” (John 1:1–8 NAS95) https://accordance.bible/link/read/NAS95S#John_1:1

Rather than seeking to introduce Jesus into every conversation may I suggest you wait for them to raise religion or spiritual matters, then you can join the conversation and again appropriate moment ask ' Why do you believe that? ' and once they have talked about it ask ' What evidence do you have for that belief? ' Just be sure you can also answer these two questions.

Hi tWD, In my experience, the frustration you are describing usually comes from trying to accomplish a task by our own efforts – rather than resting in God and trusting Him to bring it to pass. Some people are fortunate enough to have the ability (a gift from God) of effortless evangelism. The rest of us have to muddle through and find what works for us. Only God can save. Only God can change hearts. So that is not your “burden” to carry. Matthew 11:28 - Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest Our part is to work out our own salvation, to seek and saturate ourselves in God, to love God, and to shine as a light for God in the dark world. Pray for the unsaved, and that God would give you wisdom to engage with them when He opens the door (in His good timing). And then trust God, that He both hears and answers prayer, that He is working whether you see it or not - and enter His rest. Sounds like they know you are Christian. They are watching you (even if they seem disinterested). If you walk in love, joy, peace, goodness, kindness, gentleness, faith, patience and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23), they will notice. 1 Peter 3:1-2 speaks specifically about wives witnessing to their husbands; i.e. that “they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives”. This general principle can be applied more broadly to your witness. That is, you do not have to be an 'evangelist extraordinaire'. You just have to be you-in-Christ. Then you can set aside frustration and walk in His peace. John 14:27 - Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid

IF a Christian is seriously trying to identify themselves with who they are, they need to look no further than Christ, Because that is who you are

And there it is! That still spot in the midst of the storms. That assurance that He gives us, that He is God and that regardless of what is happening around us--we can rest in Him. Each one of us that is In Christ of the Father, has at least that moment when He opened our eyes to see. There are times when the storm is raging the fiercest and doubts come and that moment or moments can be an anchor for us--we look to Him and find Grace to help in time of need. He is faithful...yes He is.

Some may disagree, but I believe that women are generally not put on the front lines of the battle (though there can be exceptions). Our role is generally an auxiliary, supportive kind of role. And even among the men in the church, not everyone has the spiritual gift of evangelism. I think you are doing the right thing in exercising wisdom and discernment (and we grow in that as well), and for the most part, as the bible says, to let them be won by the Godliness of your life, especially your husband. Current feminist society puts women under pressure to perform, but if we look at Godly women in the bible, we can learn from them, what the Lord is seeking from us, and His yoke is light, not burdensome. In my opinion, you are doing very well in praying, doing good, eschewing evil, and from time to time mentioning an acknowledgement or verbal witness of the Lord. As you endeavour to take up your cross and follow Jesus, and asking Him to give you utterance etc, over time you will learn more and more to be led by His Spirit. Don't be anxious, don't put yourself under pressure, but keep your eyes on Jesus, living quietly in the land, yielding to His Spirit and being led by Him. At the same time we can expect that a Christian witness is not often welcomed and we may be ostracized, rejected and mistreated, and at such times we can be glad that we have a part in the fellowship of His sufferings. Very important that we get to know the bible, reading it on our own prayerfully, apart from church, and being taught by the Holy Spirit. God bless you as you seek the Lord and walk in His ways.

My observation of Christians over the decades is that we are all different. Often, rather than figuring out how God created us to best do certain things, we try to copy other Christians and then feel guilty when it doesn't work for us. We need to learn how things like prayer, Bible reading and study, fellowship, discipleship, and evangelism best work in our own lives. Some churches and groups of Christians can exert a lot of peer pressure to do some of these things in a particular way and make us feel guilty when those particular ways don't work for us. When it comes to explicitly sharing the gospel, I've seen some Christians with a personality such that they can pretty much say anything to anyone at anytime without offending them. I've got one friend who seems to naturally bring every conversation with anyone to God at some point. Living in the midwest, his slow southern accent is a help. His laid back personality means that he can trivially shrug off rejection and think maybe next time. My wife is a person that some people will naturally start spilling their guts to if she just stands there listening. A former pastor is comfortable asking if he could pray for someone for something in their life whenever he had short conversations with strangers (service people in stores or restaurants, sitting next to someone on a bus, etc.) A few important things to keep in mind are these. First, it is the Holy Spirit working in people's hearts that draws them to God. These things happen in God's timing, not ours. Evangelism that bears fruit is when we do what God prompts us to do at a time and place where He is drawing someone to Himself. Second, people respond to the gospel differently. I know people who responded the first time they heard it. I know people who spent years or decades angry at the gospel before responding. In other words, some people have rejected the gospel many times which means that the person sharing didn't see any immediate fruit but rejection. A common theme in many of those long-term hard cases was that they had seen a few Christians in their lives that they simply couldn't explain but knew they were different somehow. Thirdly, we have to have a walk that backs up the talk. We are new creations in Christ which means that we are being transformed and changed so that things such as the fruit of the Spirit (see Galatians 5:22-23) naturally start emerging in our lives and becoming apparent to those around us. We have to live and speak in such a way that our words have credibility. Those around us are often well aware that we are Christians. Often the changes that occur in our lives that have the biggest impact are things like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, and self-control being more apparent because those are things many people want to see in their own lives. Speaking for myself, I don't hide the fact I'm a Christian, but I don't get in people's faces. I'm more than capable of apologetics and explaining the gospel (in my own words adapting to the person I'm speaking to), but my sense is that for most people it is not intellectual questions keeping them from God but rather reaching a point where God is drawing them. It is often when they hit a point of questioning their life and that they ask the real questions that are worrying them. I just try to be sensitive to where people are at and when I feel like God is leading me to say or do something. Probably the most unique thing about me that works is that I see every person as a unique creation of God and a potential work of art or masterpiece that God (through the atoning work of Christ and work of the Holy Spirit) will craft to show His glory to the world in some unique way. I naturally try to see people as the unique person God wants them to become rather than what they are like now. It means that I am often one of the first Christians someone meets who simply accepts them and appreciates them and cares for them as a unique person since I trust to God to be able to craft them into the person He created them to be. For years, it bothered me that I didn't seem to accomplish much, but now I realize that I've probably opened the door for many other Christians to share with many people later by giving them a small glimpse of a loving Father's gaze rather than the glare of an angry vengeful judge. It's simply how God wired me to think and feel about people and I enjoy doing it. The bottom line is that the book of Acts contains a variety of testimonies and how evangelism works. There's Peter speaking to a crowd on the day of Pentecost, Philip out in the desert overhearing a guy with questions about the OT, Paul and Silas in a jail preventing a suicide when the jailer's life was about to end, Paul debating philosophy in Athens. The many testimonies of Christians I've heard in my life have ranged from being one of hundreds to go forward at a Billy Graham crusade to having a next door neighbor or Sunday school teacher share the gospel to reading a gospel tract a stranger handed them. God's created you to be a unique person who will share His love with others in some way unique to you. He'll bring opportunities into your life to do this in various ways. As you practice doing this, you'll get better and better at it and enjoy it more and more.

You're not alone in wondering how to share the gospel with others. As believer's we all experience this, and desire others to come to Christ just as we did. Realize that we can't make others believe, all we can do is share with others what we know and have experienced. And why we believe as we do. Our changed lives is a visual testimony of the work God has done in us. Believe me, unbelieving people do notice that there is a change in you. And they can also see Christ in you. Because God works from the inside out. Christ in you, shines for all to see. Being grounded in God's word is a must. Always begin with prayer for the individual(s), asking God to open a door for the individual(s) to hear the gospel, and softening their hearts as they hear the gospel, then ask God to speak for you and through you to them that they might believe and be saved. Even if they do not initially believe right away, the seeds have been planted by you. Sometimes a person will come to Christ from an unexpected source. What I'm saying is, that you have started the ball rolling so to speak, opening a way for someone else to also plant seeds in their hearts. And God may still use others to draw a person's heart. As the person listens, the Holy Spirit will confirm to the hearer the testimony of the gospel. And bring conviction in their hearts. Someone once shared the following with me about a family member of theirs that was refusing to believe. He thought that men who believed were weak and not real men as he was. He was an overly assertive man who showed excessive pride in his manliness. His wife and grown children had become Christians and for years ministered to him. A really long time. He mocked them and so forth. He had a co-worker/friend that had the same excessive pride in his manliness too. And this co-worker invited him to hear him give his testimony at a bible study. The man went, thinking he was going to really have some fun with the co-worker, but as he listened to the co-worker's testimony of how he was saved, God was at work in him, and at that hour he was saved. My point is that even though his family shared with him, through their Godly lives, and shared the gospel, he came to the Lord not through them, but through an unexpected source. So don't lose heart ok? 1 Corinthians 3:6-7 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

You are a courageous soul. I suggest you watch Dr Michael Heiser's YouTube 'naked bible podcasts' and his DIVINE Council stuff. Find 'REVERSING HERMON' and 'UNSEEN REALM' videos. Expand your own frontiers and see things differently and be well informed. I see that the Lord wants us to know a little more and since you are HIS, He will direct your paths. Blessings!!

John Wesley Hardin was an American gunfighter who later became a lawyer. I think he has been confused somehow with John Wesley, the great Methodist.

The more one studies, the more one build upon their theology ... until they reach a point as I did a while ago ... I have come to realize over the many years I have studied scripture that I honestly have to accept that I have much more to learn. We cannot put scripture in a nice little box and claim it is all there ever is. There are obvious false teaching, then there is the vast unknown. Wisdom comes when you can recognize and accept our lack of understanding.

1 John 4:7–21 (NASB95) 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. 19 We love, because He first loved us. 20 If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.

Yes, but those references being outside of Revelation 1:10, and its own context, speak of "the day of the Lord" or some variation of it, as already cited. The context of Revelation 1:10 is not that "day", as shown already. Even Isaiah distinguishes between "the Lord's holy day", being the seventh day the sabbath in Isaiah 58:13, and the other day, "the day of the Lord", in Isaiah 2:12, 13:6,9, 34:8. The very structural parallelism that John utilizes, when drawing from the OT texts, for Revelation 1, shows that "the Lord's day" is that which is found in Isaiah 58:13, tied into the context of "the word of God [commandments of God]" and "the testimony of Jesus [the Holy Spirit inspiring the vision]". John even utilizes the phrase, "great day of God Almighty" in Revelation 16:14, and doesn't use the phrase "the Lord's day" for it. Even the position of Jesus in Revelation 1 shows this, as well as the garb of Jesus. The language in the koine Greek of the NT is differing, even as it is in Hebrew in the OT. Every part of the context is excluding the phrase, "the Lord' day" from being "the Day of the Lord". So, all those are good references to "the Day of the Lord", but they are not "the Lord's day", as which agrees with Isaiah 58:13, and others already cited. Disagreement with me, does not produce evidence contrary to what I have presented. What you have done is, outside of Revelation 1:10, produce a wonderful list that refers to "the day of the Lord" (eschatological). None of that would be evidence for Revelation 1:10's "the Lord's day" in contrast to what I have provided on it, since I address that very concern, as shown above. Even the events which are tied into "the day of the Lord" are not found in association with the context of Revelation 1:10. The verse which does tie into it ("the day of the Lord") is not vs 10 and after, but in verse 7, and is only a single verse which was yet (and still) to be future.

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified. During the 1990's in an NCAA Division II national championship cross-country race in California, a bizarre twist of events took place. Mike Delcavo and 127 of the best runners in the country were battling for glory over the 10,000-meter course. About three miles into the race, Delvaco was somewhere in the middle of the pack, when he realized that the runners had made a wrong turn. So he yelled out, "You're going the wrong way," but they didn't listen. Only 4 others followed Mike when he turned in the right direction...and suddenly, he found himself in the lead. However that lasted only about a mile, since Mike and the runners who followed him soon reunited with the larger pack who, having gone the wrong way, actually shaved about a half a mile off the course, and were now in the lead again. The final blow came when, because so many of the runners had gone the wrong way, the officials changed the official course route to accommodate their error. So when Mike Delcavo finally crossed the finish line, he was number 103 overall. At the end of the race, some of Delcavo's competitors "thought it was funny that he went the right way." In our mixed up world, when everybody is wrong, then wrong becomes right. However, in the world to come there is only one Judge and He will not change the correct course regardless of how many or how few actually run it. His rewards will be based on our having stayed the true course. It's easy to follow the crowd. But it takes courage and conviction to follow wholeheartedly after God. Sometimes it can get lonely running your race, wondering where the crowd is going, and even whether you, yourself are on the right road. But you my friend, keep running with the Lord. And when the race is over and you have finished your course, may the He say to you, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant!" Read the entire devotional.