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Hey @George, we've noticed that emoticons aren't working again. I remember the last time this happened, so I cleaned out my attachments. This didn't resolve the issue. Here's what I noticed: when adding a second emoticon to a post, a message appeared that stated this html code wasn't supported. The first emoticon I used can be viewed by clicking on a link. I'll use one with this post as an example. https://p3n9m3v6.stackpathcdn.com/uploads/emoticons/default_39.gif

That just is not true, but if you listen to those who hate Israel, you will hear what you want when your mind is made up. Like I said, when the aide does arrive, who take control of it? The Hamas police do. What are they doing with this aide if the civilians are not getting it??? On the other hand, Israel is not going to stop fighting until their enemy is defeated ... that is what war is about. Israel did not want this war, Hamas did and when they got their butt kicked, they cried to the world for help.

"DON'T FOOL YOURSELF! If we really have faith in Jesus our actions will prove it" Well said, and with that, I rest my case A soft answer turneth away wrath. Usually. “Tis the season to be jolly.” "Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all men" Why not give it a try ..... Remember, every day, This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it" (Psalm 118: 24). It's OK to Chill out, brother..

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God has given us many insights into the future by historical events of the past. Just as God also said He would use Christ and His elect for signs and for wonders; just as Jesus himself was for a sign for the fall of and rising again of many in Israel. Samson was a Nazarene from birth, just as Jesus was also called a Nazarene; and both Samson and Jesus were determined by God to be a deliverer of the people. The vow of the Nazarene in the law shows us when a vow is made to separate yourself unto the Lord, the Nazarene was not to defile himself with wine or strong drink, he was not to defile himself with the dead, and he was not to cut his hair with a razor unless he broke the vow he had made to God and become defiled. If the vow was broken, then they were commanded to shave off their hair to expose their shame for breaking the vow to God. The long hair of the Nazarene represented the strength of the Lord that was upon his head, which also represents the Wisdom of God being that strength upon the head of His elect. This is why when Samson lost his hair he also lost his strength, and was then brought into captivity and was made blind. This in a nutshell is what happened to Israel when they broke the vow they made to God to keep all the commands God gave them contained in the law. They like Samson, got a hair cut (so to speak), and was made blind from understanding the words of God; as the Word of God is the Wisdom of God, and is also the power of God. God said in Jeremiah 7:29 for Jerusalem to cut off thine hair! As a sign of this very thing. The people had defiled themselves and had forsaken the ways of the Lord, thus they would lose the strength of their head, as Christ is shown as the Head of the body, and is also the power of God. Samson was misled by Delilah, as Israel was misled and played the harlot by taking up the ways of the Gentile nations that surrounded them. And because they were drawn away by strangers like strange women and their strange doctrine; they also were brought into captivity of the Gentiles and were also made spiritually blind. But we know by the words of Paul, that blindness in part happened to the Jews, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. And so when the Spirit of the Lord returns to Israel as is prophesied, so too shall their strength return and God shall fight for them as in the days of old. In the story of Samson, after Samson was made blind, Samson was brought before the Gentiles to be mocked by the Gentile masses. Samson then cried out to God for strength, and God renewed his strength; and Samson by the power of God brought down the house of the Gentiles upon his mockers heads. We here in the last days will see the mockers and blasphemers of God and of His holy saints increase, as this is determined to be. But be of good courage and faith, for the saints of the Lord shall renew their strength, and the Lord shall bring down the houses of the Gentiles upon their own heads. Peace

Isaiah 44: 24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, And He who formed you from the womb: I am the Lord, who makes all things, Who stretches out the heavens all alone, Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself; 25 Who frustrates the signs of the babblers, And drives diviners mad; Who turns wise men backward, And makes their knowledge foolishness; 26 Who confirms the word of His servant, And performs the counsel of His messengers; Who says to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited, To the cities of Judah, You shall be built, And I will raise up her waste places. Throughout the history of Israel, there was no lack of voices proclaiming predictions, giving ungodly counsel, and claiming wisdom from the imagination of their own hearts, and not from above. The Lord confirms His Word and promises swift judgment against false prognosticators, who try to interpret every current event as prophetic, and make predictions from their own worldly knowledge. Isaiah 47: 12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorcery, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be you may prevail. 13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. 15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast labored, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee. There are many such warnings in the apostolic doctrine that all should give heed. 2 Peter 2: 1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingers not, and their damnation slumbers not.

Yes just re-read it and I had not thought of it in a while it is quite a list thanks.

@NConly I am reminded of the 'purging' spoken of in Hebrews 1.3: "when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high".

@NConly Hebrews 11 has a great and exemplary list of OT saints full of faith.

Hi @NConly Yes, to have a clean and precise design slowly buzzed in - often faith based: such an injecting is seen as so widely desirable, not least among those in health care and among the most conservative of ppl. It's almost impossible to deny that this is the case, isn't it? .......................... Heart2Soul said: it is becoming a norm with health professionals...It is becoming a tool people are using to let others identify their faith. ..I do like the idea of Christian based tattoos .......................... GodsGrace said: almost every young girl I know has some sort of tatoo. Even those very conservative types. .. I never notices so many before...now ..they have quite a few source: christianityboard.com (Deciding to have one buzzed in has become just like deciding for ear piercing, really.)

Matt 23: 37-39 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Ezk 36: 24-26 24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. ("The above verse has happened, but Israel is not clean,Yet.") 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. (" Some time in the near future this verse will happen") 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. (" Notice Israel does not go back to the Old Law many try to mix with the NC.") ("They will given new heart and spirit; a new heart and Spirit which the Old Law can not do only Faith and the NC has new heart and new Spirit")

44:24-27 God presents Himself to the faithful remnant as Redeemer, Jehovah (the LORD), Creator, Protector, and Restorer. He frustrates the predictions of the Chaldean babblers and . . . diviners and the wisdom of the wise. He confirms the predictions of His own prophets that Jerusalem and Judah will be restored, and that His people will return from captivity under the decree of Cyrus. 44:28 This prophecy concerning Cyrus is remarkable in that it mentions him by name 150 to 200 years before he was born. It is also amazing that God calls him "My shepherd." Again Cyrus is named as the one whom God will use to deliver His people from Babylon and to authorize the rebuilding of the temple. Josephus, the Jewish historian, wrote: Now Cyrus learned this (as to building the Temple) by reading the book that Isaiah had left of his own prophecies 210 years before. . . . These things Isaiah foretold 140 years before the Temple was destroyed. When Cyrus, therefore, had read them, and had admired their divine character, an impulse and emulation seized him to do what was written. (David Guzik) My faith grows stronger by the day.

He did this so no one would need old law.

Read this in the Hannah W. Smith devotional (God is Enough) for yesterday . . . and the theme was carried through into today (see bottom). It states so clearly that we must realize that just as we didn't have any part in our initial salvation, except by believing in Christ, we likewise have no part in our ongoing sanctification apart from just simple faith in Him! Christ's death purchased for us not only the forgiveness of our sins but also victory over them-not only freedom from their guilt but freedom from their power as well. Faith in Christ will bring us much besides salvation from eternal condemnation. Because try to live our lives apart from Him we fail. We realize that He gives us life in the first place, but we do not see that He also must live it for us. We trust Him for the forgiveness of our sins, but we trust ourselves for the daily conquering of them. We pray for divine aid and for the influence of the Holy Spirit, but still our thought is that they are to be given to us that we might fight and conquer. This is the secret of our failures. We are as helpless in the matter of sanctification as in the matter of justification. We are as thoroughly cast on Christ for the control of an irritable temper as for the pardon of all our sins. Christ must be all in all to us every moment. "Without me," He says, "ye can do nothing" (John 15:5). This is the secret of peace and victory. (Diaries, 1867) Today the devotional goes on to say this: "So I am abiding in Christ and He is living in me. All I have to do now is yield myself to Him as one alive from the dead and allow Him to do with me whatever He pleases! I do not always abide in Him. Alas no! Satan sometimes succeeds in enticing me to take up my old life in the flesh again. But thanks to my mighty Savior, His blood avails to atone for even this, and again and again He forgives me and cleanses me afresh again from all unrighteousness. I find that daily I lean more and more to hang onto Christ by a naked and unaltering faith, and as a result I find myself more and more confirmed in my abiding in Him. And why should not the time come for even me, when I will be so established and settled there as to go out no more?"

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Sounds like liberal leftist propaganda. The frogs 🐸 are busy.😊

Your only failure is to accurately address my concerns, although you have made abundantly clear your own, and I respect that. Here is what you have overlooked. 20 Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper. 21 For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others; and one is hungry and another is drunk. This provides the perfect analogy for someone who is so "stuffed full" with there own provision that they are unable to receive from the fellowship of the Lord's Table. I asked that the entire exchange be reviewed. I took it upon myself to review the entire thread this morning, and earlier in the discussion, you and another member (and staff), expressed concerns over what was being stated. You took great efforts to elaborate on those concerns. You both were summarily dismissed, as I have been. I assume that you accept this in light of the fact that others will read and judge for themselves who is rightly dividing the word of truth. I assume that this is what you mean by not ending "fellowship" with someone, even when there is a mockery of the notion. 19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. I am confident that there is enough evidence provided for any third party to judge for themselves and meet the standards that you seem to be striving for, and will let the matter rest. Thank you for your valued feedback, and the time and effort you always put in to bring clarity to the matter at hand. Embracing the future with a blessed hope, James

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: Philippians 2:6-7

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 2 Corinthians 5:21

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:9 - 11

Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. Isaiah 40:26

Ephesians 4:10 He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) I find one reference to the "third heaven" in 2 Co 12, and Paul describes it as a place where things are heard that cannot be repeated, as they are unlawful. You make repeated reference to the third heaven and things that pertain thereof, as if you have been shown them. Have you received a heavenly vision, or are you extrapolating these things from various references to spiritual entities mentioned in the prophets? From the reactions of others, there seems to be little clarity on the matter. In spite of lengthy statements elaborating on their concerns for how you are interpreting these verses, you simply repeat your quote from Hebrews 11, which is clearly not an answer. By experience, I conclude this is a regular tactic of yours to be answerable to no one on the forum. You provide illustrations without reference, should I assume they are your own? Are they derived from your heavenly vision? Have you been taken up to the third heaven yourself, to speak as if you know these things directly?

Indeed that's what it appears to me as well. I didn't really connect with that idea until I read 2 Peter 3. That was a eye opener. Imo not only the earth was a wasteland but something happened in the heavens also. Can't have a present heavens unless something happened to the previous one. Thus the statement darkness was on the surface of the deep.

I believe Peter was describing the original creation of the earth, and v.6 speaks of the destruction of that original earth, just as Gen 1:2 speaks of the earth becoming tohu wabohu. Then Peter refers to the current condition of earth, after the restoration in Gen 1:2ff, which will be destroyed by fire after the MK.

Humans didn't evolve from anything.

And you might want to look into what a breath is made of, it's not DNA.

Lovely New Hampshire USA...

??? Israel, along with many other nations, have been sending trailer loads of assistance in through Egypt. Where has it all gone to? Are you suggesting that Israel is stealing it after sending it? Or could it be that Hamas is taking it as it travels to the destinations planned to receive it? Careful who you blame ...

He was kicked out of one church, but the other church had a pastor who did the same and got kicked out eventually, but they let him do what he wanted. Wish I wouldn't have gone to that church. I learned to not trust men who supposedly want nothing from you, cause if they really don't they leave you alone and don't lie to sneek into your house.

No, the Bible doesn't tell us anything about "the amount of time since its creation". The Bible does indicate that the earth became an uninhabitable wasteland, and we all understand that would take some time.

And humans, chimps and bonobos are placed in their own subcategory on genetic and anatomical grounds. And great apes are in their own subcategory, and all apes in another, and so on. All eukaryotes share more DNA in common than the differences. So that's not surprising. We all function pretty much the same ways, biochemically. The interesting thing is if we build phylogenies based on DNA, they are very close to the same tree of life that Linnaeus found over 200 years ago, based on anatomy.

"And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you. Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses." (Nehemiah 4.10-14)

1 Corin 3:10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. Matt 21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? Psa 118:22 22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

"While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." (Genesis 8.22)

"Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." (Hebrews 10.25)

Deu 1815 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

@NConly Wondrous how the Messianic content of Psalms and similar OT passages are confirmed in the NT.................

Psa 8 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: John 5 22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

"Thy word is truth" (John 17.17).

Keep posting the Bible verses, ppl.............

In Acts the saints assembled daily.

Simply put, those former resurrections were only a return of mortal life, followed by a mortal death. (Speaking of the children raised by Elijah and Elisha.) The better resurrection is into immortality.

Romans 8 is an amazing chapter. This is the well-known section at Romans 8.38-39: "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Zechariah 13:9 And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Read the Word of God, out loud if necessary, at every moment of demonic molestation. Also keep plenty of uplifting praise and worship music in your heart, and mind, and spirit.