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  1. Others of us avoid versions that omit Holy Scripture for any supposed reason. Thank you for using it, Joshua!
  2. Latin did wonders for my English vocabulary as well as helping to prepare for my education as a nurse.
  3. Just saying, I read Caesar's Gaelic Wars in Latin Classes and eventually Italy was overrun by the "barbarians", the Gauls. Of course, read that 65 years ago so I could be wrong. Doubt it.
  4. Italy was overrun by the barbarians, the Gauls.
  5. I use New King James or else ESV, and occasionally Amplified or ALT3. Never use 1769 or 1611 because I am dyslexic and have enough problems with comprehension without the use of antiquated English.
  6. We are definitely to love all people as they are--as God loves them. That doesn't mean we have to condone their beliefs. God sees us as lost or else saved. He reaches out to the lost. The fact remains that Jesus said "no man comes to the Father but by Me". All of us need to be born again to go to heaven. So tolerating another person's religion is not the best option if we truly have compassion for the lost. Paul argued with the philosophers, he told them about the "unknown God", but he did NOT condone the beliefs that were leading them to hell. No idolatry was condoned at all. Those missionaries that have allowed people groups to retain their heathen religion and just add Christianity to the mix will likely be held accountable for this abomination.
  7. I am not sure where you got your information that Billy Graham was Anglican--I don't find anywhere that he was anything but a Baptist/Protestant pastor and evangelist. William Franklin Graham Jr. (November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who became well known internationally in the late 1940s. He was a prominent evangelical Christian figure, and according to a biographer, was "among the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.[2] I also believe that there are Christians in most denominations (possibly excluding cults). This is known as the "invisible" universal church of true believers. A Christian is a person in whom Christ lives by His Spirit. Jesus also said that "no man comes to the Father but by Me". No one goes to heaven by being a good person except for Jesus Himself Who had to be perfect to go to heaven by His works. The rest of us get there by God's grace, receiving that the blood of Christ was payment for our sins, the gift of faith, and being born of the Holy Spirit. It is His presence within us that makes us acceptable to the Father, not ourselves. It is this Treasure, the Holy Spirit, in earthen vessels.
  8. Beautiful! My favorite psalm is actually the 84th, which is somewhat similar.
  9. There are times in our lives that we can continue to give out, forgive and forbear, and there are times that our own need is so great that we can't take the added assault. That is when we need to draw the line. Love you, too, dear Kwikie. Still praying; my heart is with you even though the continent separates us.
  10. We are also told to bless those who persecute us and pray for those who spitefully use us. Try showering the person with kindness. Mat 5:44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, 1Pe 3:9. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. 1Th 5:15. See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.
  11. While I used salvation as an example, the same holds true that when we recognize our need, that we have done all that we know how to do or that the Bible instructs us to do and are at the end of our selves, that then we cast ourselves on God's grace. This can apply to answers to desperate prayer needs as well. Eph 6:13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
  12. Marry a spouse that has his/her priorities straight. 1 God first in their lives. Our lives should revolve around God. That means a person should become a Christian who has a relationship with the risen Christ and should marry a person who is also this and who encourages each other in their relationship with God. Pray together and read the Bible together, discussing how it applies to their own lives. 2 spouse/marriage is second and then children (unless children are being abused or badly neglected). Physical, emotional and spiritual needs all should be met to have a healthy family. It takes effort to be a good husband or helpmeet, and parent. It means doing the things the Bible instructs concerning husbands, wives and parents. 3 work. In some areas both parents are required to work to find a place to live that the halls don't stink of urine, or that is safe. This is difficult. I don't believe that over 60% of these marriages will end in divorce. God is faithful to help us. Yet some will fail unless we learn to love as God does and forgive as He forgives. It means giving 95% of the the time and expecting very little in return from out spouse. Our help comes from God Who made heaven and earth--not out spouse. God is our Source.
  13. While ὁ πένης is of narrow means, one who “earns a scanty pittance,” πρωχός is allied to the verb πτώσσειν, to crouch or cringe, and therefore conveys the idea of utter destitution, which abjectly solicits and lives by alms. Hence it is applied to Lazarus (Luk 16:20, Luk 16:22), and rendered beggar. Thus distinguished, it is very graphic and appropriate here, as denoting the utter spiritual destitution, the consciousness of which precedes the entrance into the kingdom of God, and which cannot be relieved by one's own efforts, but only by the free mercy of God. Vincent I see poor in spirit as recognizing our spiritual bankruptcy. It isn't until we know we are utterly lost and without hope that we cast ourselves fully on God's mercy and grace. That is when God can give us the Kingdom of Heaven which is a free gift based on the merits and sacrifice of Christ on our behalf. As long as we think we can change ourselves and become better people we are depending on self righteousness and not on Christ's righteousness.
  14. I have a similar cousin, Kwikie, and just a couple of years ago I made the same decision. Some people are abusive and poisonous. We don't need to continue returning to that, forgiving and hoping for a better visit next time. We do continue to forgive but it is foolish to continue being their victim. enough is enough.
  15. Newer hearing aids have directional microphone options (mine is called the restaurant option) that reduce a lot of the other noise. It also helps in rooms that echo, like vaulted ceilings. They are well worth the price.
  16. I recently heard a molecular scientist explain that the only way the shroud could have happened was from an atomic incident occurring from beneath it, such as the resurrection. The blood had been pushed to the outside of the shroud. Wish I could remember it all better. It was a bit above my head, but there were many scientists in the audience who understood better. I wasn't interested enough to buy his book with all his experiments, data and scientific method. Amen! Jade. Well said!
  17. Welcome, Kay. This is where we introduce ourselves briefly. We are not allowed to discuss your post here but just are to welcome you. After you are vetted perhaps you could think of a way to post this in an abbreviated form. Links to U-Tube need to be posted in the video area and need to be approved there as well. Most other links are not allowed. Blessings.
  18. Thankfully I have had very few experiences with the occult. But my grandfather was part of it so I have avoided anything resembling it. Don't even read fortune cookies because I don't want anything to come between me and God. However, we had young woman come to our Lady's Bible Study at church. Her eyes were full of darkness--hard to describe. It was pure evil. Soon she was crouching and hissing like a snake ready to spring at us. We all started praying. The woman who brought her interrupted us and told us the girl was a shaman from a nearby Indian reservation. She had once been a Christian but had got into this stuff because of her Indian heritage. We broke up and I immediately went to my Baptist pastor and told him about it all. He and my family had never seemed so full of light or so clean. It was like coming into bright sunlight after being in a dark movie theater. A breath of fresh air. I do believe she was demon possessed. I agree that people tend to blame too much on the devil. "The devil made me do it" just doesn't cut it. Many Christians that claim to have demons simply need to repent. Jas 4:7 Then be subject to God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you. Jas 4:8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners! And purify your hearts, double minded ones! Jas 4:9 Be distressed, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy into shame. Jas 4:10 Be humbled before the Lord, and He will exalt you. On the other hand, the occult has been growing in the USA since the 60s. There are real demons out there that do attack our minds using satan's tactics. Has God said? Satan asked in the Garden. He wants us to doubt the Bible. They attack our minds with fear as satan prowls about like a roaring lion (That was declawed and had his teeth pulled at the Cross. We no longer need to fear death). He accuses and lies. We don't have to listen to them. Seeking to know the future through mediums, spiritists, witches, fortune tellers or the like is evil. In God's eyes it is like idol worship. A woman I know became Catholic but continued with the occult. I told her it would come between her and God. So she became charismatic and instead went from church to church seeking a new experience or thrill and from town to town seeking Christians who would "speak into her life" about the future. Meanwhile I saw no fruit of the Spirit, no compassion, no repentance, no real relationship with God or with other Christians. She told me about her adulteries with no sorrow or shame. I am a skeptic and I remain skeptical about some people.
  19. The wedding garments were furnished by the host. We are not to furnish our own, or our own righteousness, but the righteousness of Christ is furnished to us.
  20. I wondered why some flags were at half mast today. I also remember her coronation.
  21. I couldn't copy mine here. It reads "I WANT TO BE SO FULL OF CHRIST THAT IF A MOSQUITO BITES ME IT FLIES OFF SINGING 'THERE'S POWER IN THE BLOOD'"
  22. The Analytical-Literal Translation of the New Testament Third Edition by Gary E. Zeolla, a Greek man who translated Kione Greek into English. He used the second edition of the Byzantine Majority Text, to which the translators of the 1500s and 16oos did not have access. Their (Erasmus, Tyndall, Coverdale) Majority texts were incomplete, lacking The Revelation, and were not even the best Majority (Greek Orthodox) texts at the time. Tyndall didn't complete translating the Hebrew O.T. Gal 3:20. ALT3. For as many as were baptized [or immersed] into Christ put on [or, clothed themselves with] Christ. Rom 13:14. ALT3. But put on [or, clothe yourself with] the Lord Jesus Christ, and stop making provision for the flesh, for [its] lusts [or, desires]. Zeolla put into brackets alternative translations for words and phrases as well as the figurative meanings. He is not an American translator nor is he a team. However, he is not disregarding the context. Some teams are so liberal in their approach they produce "Good News for Modern Man" which I consider a paraphrase. Literal translations are much safer. Amplified is the first New Testament I read and could understand back in 1958, but Zeolla somewhat uses the same style. I am dyslexic and could never grasp the meaning of KJV due to its archaic language which much of has changed in meaning and usage over the centuries. I prefer Zeolla's literal approach as well as his text. I hope you don't find it so offensive as you do AMP; it does still day what you don't want it to say. I use NKJV, ESV and Zeolla most often now and hardly touch KJV because I still stumble through it and find it hard to comprehend. Coupled with that are word like "conversation" which has little to do with words and much to do with manner, life style or the way a person conducts himself. I stumble over thees and thous as well. You are welcome to it.
  23. Gal 3:27. NKJV For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Rom 13:14. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. Gal 3:27 AMP For as many [of you] as were baptized into Christ [into a spiritual union and communion with Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah] have put on (clothed yourselves with) Christ. G1746 (Thayer) ἐνδύω. enduō Thayer Definition: 1) to sink into (clothing), put on, clothe one’s self OP. We need to be clothed with Christ, and "without complaining". I needed the reminder, thank you. I was once a complainer till I studied the children of Israel in the wilderness. No, I don't wan't another lap in the desert. I will instead give thanks and praise my Lord and my God because He is worthy. He does all things well and can make all things work together for good and for His glory.
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