Willa

So are you saying that a human fetus is just tissue and is not alive, even though you can watch him suck his thumb and feel him kick you, and his DNA is that of a human being that is not your own DNA? The law is not lawful by its own definition of murder. At 2 1/2 months I can count his fingers and toes, see the outline of his lips, watch his heart pump, and should you try to kill him he will try to avoid your prods and knife and show pain. Perhaps it is those who devised the illegal law that are not human beings.

1Jn 3:23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 1Ti 1:8 Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, 1Ti 1:9 understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, 1Ti 1:10 the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,

Since a human fetus is a human being, a whole lot of people should be serving life in prison or death.

In my area, as in many others in the summer, everyone wears sandals and flip flops. Putting my feet in a pan of cool water sounds really good right now.

Sometimes God gives us a thorn in the side to keep us humble.

I am so sorry that you are going through hard times. I will pray for you and ask God to give you His wisdom. Perhaps your school counselor may have some suggestions. Occasionally the school has a co-op for day care while in school or they may have resources where you can get help.

Some of the poorest people have the most loving homes. I don't think God would be mad though if you can't take care of him. Would the parents of the father be able to help you care for him, or your parents?

No problem, I have done that many times lol. It always embarrass me a little.

2 Peter 1 --Peter calls himself a slave and apostle of Jesus, and is addressing all who have a faith in God equally precious as his through the righteousness of Christ our God and Savior. (I paraphrased that--but it is very close to God's word.)

You are in James, not 2 Peter. I NEVER use King James or the Message. I can't understand King James and the Message is not a translation. It is only someone's idea of what the Bible says and it is often very inaccurate. A paraphrase is the word of man, not the word of God. You might like English Standard Version or New King James Version. I would never use The Message in a Bible study because it will deliver the wrong message. Possibly use it as a devotional.

I smoked for 3 years in the 60s and quit cold turkey because it my asthma was harming my baby while I was pregnant. They tell me that is why my asthma is so bad today. However I also spent 10 years on school busses that had holes in the floor where the drivers chair had been moved. We had C02 coming into the bus and diesel fumes all the time. That also had an impact, I am sure.

Found this on CARM: by Matt Slick Jan, 2002 Return to Christadelphian Page Though they acknowledge many truths found in the Bible, they deny many others. They believe the Bible is the infallible and inerrant word of God. (The Christadelphians: What They Believe and Preach, p. 82) They teach there is only one God. (Isaiah 43-45) They teach that Jesus had a sin nature (What They Believe, p. 74) They teach that Jesus needed to save himself before he could save us. (Christadelphian Answers, p. 24) They teach that Jesus will return and set up his kingdom on earth. (What They Believe, p. 268) They believe that there has been an apostasy and that Christianity is a false religious system. (A tract titled “Christendom Astray Since the Apostolic Age, Detroit Christadelphian Book Supply) They believe annihilation of the wicked. (What They Believe, p. 187). They believe that baptism is necessary for salvation. (What They Believe, p. 71, 72, 207-210) They believe that it is possible to lose one’s salvation. (What They Believe, p. 212) They deny the doctrine of the Trinity. (What They Believe, p. 84-87) They deny that Jesus is God in flesh. (Answers, p. 22) They deny that Jesus existed prior to his incarnation. (What They Believe, p. 85, 86) They deny the personhood and deity of the Holy Spirit. (What They Believe, p. 115) They deny the substitutionary atonement of Christ. (Answers, p. 25; What They Believe, p. 71) They deny salvation by grace through faith alone. (What they Believe, p. 204) They deny the immortality of the soul. (What They Believe, p. 17). They deny that a person exists after death. (What They Believe, p. 17) They deny the existence of hell and eternal punishment. (What They Believe, p. 188-189) They deny the existence of the fallen angel Lucifer as the devil. (Answers, p. 100) As you can see, the Christadelphians deny some essential doctrines of Christianity, namely, the deity of Jesus and salvation by grace. Like so many other cult groups that claim to be the restored truth, they have their own interpretations of the Bible that deviate greatly from orthodox Christianity.

My understand is that all religions are acceptable to them, sort of an "all roads lead to heaven" false doctrine.

Jesus traded places with us on the cross. He paid the death penalty for our sins and placed His righteousness on our accounts. That reconciled us to the Father. Legally our sins are paid for. We are now clean before God and can come into His presence.

Someone challenged my husband to read The Late Great Planet Earthy while he was out of town on business. He went back to his motel room and started reading a Gideon Bible; he read all night and couldn't put it down. My husband had previously been like the violent guy in prison, and had torn up my Bibles. After that he started going to church, and 6 months later he prayed and asked God to help him. Joe frequently quotes from his Gideon Bible.

Trump followed through on several other campaign promises besides supporting pro life. He has selected conservative judges for the Supreme Court who will uphold our constitution, He has supported Israel, and he has tried earnestly to crack down on terrorists. He has supported Christians and has appointed many to key positions in his government, including advisors. Our past president placed atheists and people who espoused genocide as well as socialists. Very telling.

Welcome to Worthy, Whitefeather. At least you can stay in touch by phone, I presume. My mom passed away when I was 25. That was a huge loss. No phone calls. But grief is grief and is always hard, even if your mom is still alive. Blessings, and prayers.

I know a pastor who went to the field late in life. He was 60. In some places like SE Asia age is revered. I think he was in Viet Nam. People listened to him because of his age.

Its better than being given a foot long drinking straw with your glass of ice water at a restraunt. If you are short the whole contents gets tipped down your front, ice cubes and all. Now that does make you wake up and move in a hurry!

1Co 10:1 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 1Co 10:2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 1Co 10:3 and all ate the same spiritual food, 1Co 10:4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. 1Co 10:5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 1Co 10:6 Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. 1Co 10:7 Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play." 1Co 10:8 We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. 1Co 10:9 We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents, 1Co 10:10 nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. 1Co 10:11 Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come. 1Co 10:12 Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 1Co 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

I just drank 2 big cups to wake up in the morning, and that was 1/4 strength. But I may go back to drinking my Earl Gray during the winter when something hot is mighty good. Right now I have found a bottled water that I like and that has taken the place. It is still a cheap WalMart brand but it works.

I have never been addicted to coffee or tea but Miss Muffet has a bad addiction to caffein. So for her sake I would not drink any if she were present, nor offer her any. I don't believe that it is sin for me. I haven't had caffein in months but used to drink it regularly. It was no problem to stop, no withdrawal. I could have a cup today without a problem. For my son's sake I no longer drink it because it causes his heart to go into fibrillation. So it is dangerous for him. I see him about once a week.

Psa 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Many people who do not live here in the USA have a very bigoted concept of this country. A very small percent is born again and genuinely Christian. Different surveys have found anywhere from 5% to 20% are Bible believing walking in the Spirit Christians. Even our courts don't protect Christians anymore. Organized crime is rampant here. Even small communities are riddled by gangs and drugs. This increase since the 50s is largely due to illegal immigration and the mobs infiltrating us from south of our border. The churches that teach prosperity are teaching a false gospel and are accursed. On this forum we do have some homeless people, many are wracked with pain and chronic disabilities, or their spouse is, and most are in lower and lower mid income brackets. Some have savings and investments which are necessary for our retirement, but most live from pay check to pay check. Some work 2 or 3 jobs just to pay for a small apartment, utilities, transportation to and from job, food, modest clothing, required schooling supplies for family, and medications. Many people who do not live here hate our country due to their bigotry, their preconceived notions. Those who live here and hate our country need to move to another. They only make our situation worse because they seek to undermine our government or overthrow it. I have seen more greed among people who live in poverty than in the middle income people. Your insistence that to be genuine Christians we must give all our money to the poor is ridiculous. Many of us on Worthy are poor to begin with. Many who live just above the poverty level give sacrificially. The key is to be content with whatever state we are in. There is much godliness in contentment. To condemn Christians here in the USA so vehemently is pure bigotry and does sound very hateful. Mat 19:23 And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. Mat 19:24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Mat 19:25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?" Mat 19:26 But Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

That is a very interesting philosophy. To me total surrender is giving God all that I am and all that I have, and allowing Him to direct my life. I have laid down my questioning, disputing and protesting. I gave up being in charge of my life and have put on the mind of Christ. I renew my mind daily by the washing of the word. There is nothing in the Bible that says we must live in poverty, homeless with no change of clothes, no cell phone, no running water or even clean water, no heat and no work. Joseph of Aramathea was a rich man who provided a tomb for Jesus. We only must not LOVE money and pursue riches. Being a Christian is not just following Christ's outward example. Nor is it a religion. It is allowing Christ to live in us to serve, love and forgive others. People who have set their minds on outward or earthly things are most likely not genuine Christians. 1Co 2:12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. 1Co 2:13 And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. 1Co 2:14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. Moreover the Bible doesn't teach about the salvation of the heart. It speaks of the salvation of the soul. " 1Pe 1:9 obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls." Nor does it teach that the heart is the center of the soul. The Spirit is within the soul. According to Scripture we must be spiritual people to understand these things. 2Co 13:5 Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!