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  1. In all honesty and as simplistic as it can be put; When God said He has numbered the days of man, He is simply saying that He has set a limit to man's life in the flesh. Many speculate over this but suffice it to say that while some die very young and some (a few actually) make it over the 100 year mark, there is a limit. As to when each of our deaths come, He knew before we were born yet, did not set a specific date for yours or mine individually. As to "set time", no. When He said; "It is appointed unto man once to die and, then the judgement", He is simply saying that each person is only appointed one life to live as they so choose and then they will die. After that death, only Resurrection or Judgement awaits. God did not set the date for anyone's death except for His own, The only Begotten Son sent for just that purpose, Jesus. That death was recorded before any creation was created.
  2. Hello e lansing, I have read your above post and considered it with interest and measure plus have read about half of the responses. There is a Biblical remedy spelled out clearly in several areas of the New Testament and, based solely by what you have posted in the first post, I do not see it fully followed. Understand that I am not judging you or your actions but, looking at the reproof via the light of Scripture. Paul clearly rebuked the Corinthians for not judging sin in their local body (1 Cor. 5 and 6). But the expose' on "how" begins in Galatians: Gal 6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. So we see the methodology prescribed with warning that we be aware of our own limitations and approach the person humbly in the Holy Spirit and meekness (without our own pride and agenda involved). Often, we as Pastors and leaders can be more offended by actions of congregants fearing an "undermining" is under way to divide the congregation but, more so, to "dethrone" ourselves. Handling these matters in the wrong way will actually further satan's agenda to do just that. But Jesus said it best on how we are commanded to handle such: Matt 18:15-17 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. 17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. In every situation, each individual must be dealt with individually and ourselves void of any "self" agendas or personal fears of outcome. Each one must be dealt with personally first between them and the offended one or the Pastorate of the Church. If they will not repent nor listen and continue, then take witnesses. You had said there is a group of Pastors over you and these would be the ones most likely to take with you. Once it is established before yourself and the witnesses that this person is not willing to repent (whether it is living in sin or, the sin of gossip and division), and they refuse to listen to the Spiritual heads over that congregation, then it must be given as a witness against them before the congregation. Keep in mind that all of these actions from the beginning to the last must be done in humility and lead of the Holy Spirit. A Pastorate and Church that practices this Biblical prescription will only grow and satan is defeated in his attempts to undermine the local body of Christ. Oh, some will leave on their own accord. And some of the congregation will not ostracize the guilty parties but, if the Full Gospel and teachings of Christ are preached continuously and the Holy Ghost is not restrained in that Church, I guarantee you the "Kitchen will become too hot" for the guilty to remain without repenting.
  3. zackly what I say! Of course I have had the benefit of Texan speech from an East Texas Redneck from Porter who got saved in August of 2003. That durned boy can't spell or talk 'cept I have him interpret! Gotten purdy used to his language now tho! LOL! And talk about a "fireball"!! He will lead a fence post to Jesus if'n it stands still long enough! Seriously though, he is a real inspiration and hero of the faith. He has led thousands to Christ and even at a few Biker funerals and one of those he slapped the boy's coffin so hard it made the rough crowd jump! Of course when he slapped it he was telling them how they all don't want to wait until that state (dead) to find Jesus. Got a few of em on the band wagon! Funny part is you would think that would turn people off from having him do their funerals....it got him invited to do more!
  4. LOL!!! Like yer sense of humor .... yep...you are Texan!
  5. OK, much better! I understand where you are coming from and yes, she does need to be able to "trust" Spiritual Leaders again as far as guidance goes. I just needed some clarification because I know many denominations laud that scripture to justify their express rights as much as they (pastors/leaders) sit in Moses' seat. But that was done away with at the Cross and the Veil was rent. Jesus took all the Priest Leadership of the Law of Moses upon Himself and not just their positions in the Temple but the Holy Priesthood after the order of Melchisedec which is more fully explained in Hebrews 7:1-13 The other problem is who can be trusted especially when we have the likes of Joel Osteen and others of the "feel good" but "no Jesus" preaching crowd? A close personal relationship intimately built daily in Jesus Christ is the Only Way and Guide. Then we can see the "Fruits" or lack thereof.
  6. Many have given very good Spiritual advice as well as myself that if you will just "begin" with Jesus alone, praying and talking with Him and getting into His Word, He will set all things in order for and in you! Did you know Jesus Himself reached points of discouragement? Paul also felt betrayed by one who traveled with him as well. People will let us down. Even our parents and loved ones will let us down. It is all about our "Expectations" of one another. When a person truly relies on Jesus as He tells us to for every aspect of our lives. When we become so intimate with Jesus as He commands (remember that He says we must Love Him more than any flesh relative or loved one), suddenly another shadow or scale falls off of our Spiritual eyes and we see how unreasonable it is to expect anything more from anyone than Our own Love for them. We cannot even expect their love to continue yet, when Christ lives in us fully, our Love never fails because His Love for and inside of us never fails. This is a Supernatural thing, that cannot be understood in our minds. I find this is hard for people to realize until you just "do it" (as Nike says in their slogan ... lol). But it works! Jesus rose alive from the dead in Spirit and Flesh! He then rose directly up in the flesh being transformed into His Glorious body at the right hand of The Father. So when He promises He will be in us, He means it. There is a song by Randy Travis called "I'm gonna Raise Him Up" which is so beautifully true! At the end of the song is the refrain "You gotta Raise Him (Jesus) Up". You can only do that when you submit all to Him and get in touch with Him daily as He said. We counsel people and have found the biggest problem in marriages within the Church is not the finances or attention neglect so many fight about, it is that neither party had "Raised Him Up" in their hearts and let Jesus be the Lord over all their hearts and desires and expectations. I have had schooling and training in all forms of Christian Counseling but it wasn't until I practiced this very simple yet powerful aspect myself in my own life and "Raised Jesus Up" in my own heart for real, that it became evidence in my own life and as well as those in trouble. More married couples have gone away from our sessions healed and better than ever than they did before we brought it into the counseling. That's the Secret Key that isn't really a "Secret" except between you and Jesus personally!
  7. OK, I still do not understand then. You quoted Jesus telling His followers to obey the Temple leaders because they sit in Moses' seat. I am just trying to see where that has anything to do with this young lady's hurt and disappointment I guess?
  8. Mind if I ask a simple question? Are you saying that the pastors and leaders today "sit in Moses' seat"?
  9. You are not alone for there are many who do the same thing. People tend to put people up on pedestals for leadership and guidance only to find them fail them later. I even knew a mentor of mine who was upset because Jimmy Swaggart fell into adultery (not once but twice) and a close friend of his fell from serving Christ after 30 years. My mentor's anger was directed at Swaggart. This is all wrong. Our Salvation and subsequent ongoing Spiritual growth and cleansing has nothing to do with men or women but just Jesus. Our focus and lives are to be wrapped up in Him alone and not anyone of the flesh. He said so Himself. Jesus promises us HE will move into us and abide in us and guide us through the Holy Spirit. If you have not done so, you need to just get alone with Jesus in prayer and seek Him out alone. He WILL answer, He always does. He Promised it! Then get into His Word focusing on Him and listening as you read, He will guide you.
  10. WOW!!! 27 pages of which I could not read all but got the ideas of many. Larry 2 asked a simple question of "when the Tribulation begins" and it spawned (as usually does) a lot of response. I see John in Revelations 6 revealing much. The seals 1-4 each represent actions already occurred or still occurring since there is no ending of each mentioned. My point is that they have been opened. Now the fifth seal event as far as "when" is not given so it could already have happened or may yet need to occur since it is in Heaven. The sixth seal has not occurred for we have not seen the stars fall nor sun blackened etc.... Yet, these are the very same events Jesus describes in Matthew 24:29-30 which occurs "immediately After that Great Tribulation". So, one could say that the Great Tribulation by Jesus' own words in Matthew 24 occurs after the antichrist sets up an image to the "beast" in the Holy of Holies (Matt 24:15) creates his "mark" and ushers in the Great Tribulation. Now when are the dead in Christ raised and the living in Christ caught up? After the events of the sixth seal. In Matthew 24:31 Jesus then sends the Angels to gather His elect. This agrees with John's vision of the seals in Revelation 7:1 and in 7:9, John for the first time sees a multitude no man can number in the throne room (remember that he gives an account of the throne room before and some during the opening of the seals). He is then told these are the rest (besides those under the alter killed for Christ's sake) of those who came through the Great Tribulation. So what next? The seventh and final seal which brings silence first .... then the Wrath of God. The problem as I see it is people mix Great Tribulation up with Wrath period and neither are mentioned together nor as simultaneous events in The Word of God. The "time" period Daniel speaks of (three and half years) is cleary the events of antichrist and earth during the Wrath and not the Great Tribulation. I do not see nor read any support of a specific time allotted to the Great Tribulation where antichrist and beast rule and torment and put to death Christians (which they will). So Larry, The Great Tribulation will begin after antichrist sets up the image of the beast in the holy of holies in the New Temple which is not built as yet. But I see it coming soon as Obama and others pressure Israel into concessions so that they can then pressure the Palestianians and world of Islam to allow the building of the Temple next to the Mosque: Revelation 11:1-2 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. I find it amazing that they have unearthed original foundations and evidence that the Temple of Solomon was actually off the side. They are still trying to fit how it laid out but, I believe it is clear if they just point the Outer Court to the Mosque, they will be able to build it as it was just not that Court or courtyard area.
  11. There are many things we take for granted that are going off the top of the "costs scale" in these last days. Gasoline is only one of them. The book of Revelation tells us that when the "horsemen ride" all prices will go out of sight ... doubling, tripling, etc.... and even indications that products, food products will be "hurt" or in short supply do to natural disasters. They (the hosemen) are told not to hurt the "oil or the wine". We have witnessed all sorts of shortages and food disasters from floods to infections like e-coli and salmanila (sp?) but, olive oil and grapes have not been really affected. And neither is the saint in as much as any sort of lack. My point is is that we are to continue in the Faith and showing Faith that God will supply our every need until Jesus returns! That may require changes in our daily lives and habits but, as David said; "In all of my years/life, I have never seen the righteous forsaken nor begging for bread..."(paraphrased). The Lord moved us (my wife and myself) out of mainline church to initiate meetings in our (and others) homes. I have forseen that as the antichrist gains more power (even before his revealing) and control over the buying and selling of anything, that "money" will not be an option much longer and that is what is required to purchase gasoline and pay rent/mortgages/heating/cooling, et al in any church building. I expect that over the next few years we (my wife and I ) will need to shed a lot of possessions and may need to move into portable housing like a tent or whatever and travel by foot as Jesus and Paul did. If so, so be it. But I know we will never lack before during or even after the antichrist and world systems have utter control for their breif and greivous moments.
  12. If I can add anything to some already beautiful advice : I am a man who struggled with relationships/marriage at various times in my life and until I became serious about Christ, this continued. First, God has always demanded First place in any of His people's hearts. Jesus re-enforced this in Matt 10:37 and Luke 14:26. Someone (I believe heiress) posted something to the effect of God desiring to fill the place where a spouse or beloved has left a void in our hearts. True but.... God demands to have had that place first before anyone ever took or was given it. Brother FresnoJoe posted the perfect Scripture: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33 It was only when I spent a year doing so and (unbeknown to me) a woman in Texas I had never met ( I lived in Oregon ) did the same after each of our respective spouses left us for someone else, that we encountered each other in a Christian forum similiar to this one. But, neither of us had any inclination or desire for each other. It was only while I was forwarding my Biblical work about the lies of these end times (i.e. Left Behind lies, etc...) that The Lord spoke to me and told me to tell her I loved her. I was taken aback! I resisted because as far as I knew, I DIDN'T love her and had never met her! But He very quickly while in the middle of my "protest" reminded me that I quit dating, turned all of this over to Him, and had trusted that if there was someone for me; she would have to love Him more than me and He would have to pick her out, show me her Himself and open all the doors (that no man including myself could shut) and confirm to both of us in miraculous ways we would each know. We were married 6 months later in June 2000 and have never known such bliss and love nor a combined love for Jesus that was ever so powerful. Eight years and never an argument or fight and our love has only increased! But this only came about because we followed the very verse above. God pre-arranged our marriage the old fashioned way and it is perfect! And both of us still put Jesus First before each other. There is NO Such thing as a "Soul Mate" except Jesus! No one else belongs there except Him and He will not tolerate anyone else in His Place in your heart. Is God in the "Spouse Replacement business"? No.... We know of many more marriages that have been healed and set right when at least one of the spouses were willing to submit and follow the above Scripture prescription! In most of their cases the other spouse became Christ's and was born again and their marriage was healed and every bit as blissful and full as my own! If Jesus is not in that special deepest heart place in each of us, He is not enthroned or "On The Throne" of your heart and nothing will ever work or be right in any area including relationships until He is. Blessings in Christ Jesus Brother Ron Cruise
  13. Dear alwayswishing, first, is this a scenario or something that actually happened to you? I guess one must ask yourself whether it is more important to follow Christ or man to begin with. Of course I never recommend any woman stay in a physically abusive home. NEVER! I Always recommend getting away from such and finding a safe haven. And, I have put myself between the bully and spouse before and would do it again. Never been hit so far thanks to Jesus and His Holy Spirit. Praise God! And I am not so righteous to believe it is because of my size (6'2" 265lbs) or because I am a preacher. I have seen these violent men blast away at cops my size and bigger with no respect or regard for anything. No, it is the Holy Ghost stepping in as I pray. But, I will always counsel against Divorce except for adultery and, even then, I have seen marriages where adultery was, come back together totally healed and a new person (man) by Jesus Christ where the adultering man was before. The problem with "church" today and many preachers is they try to step into God's place ... a place Jesus reserve's only for Himself.... when counseling married couples. And they end up making it worse. At least in the Lord's eyes. Without explicitly following the Word (of which Jesus is), they subjugate His Power with their own will. I am a Holy Spirit filled led of the Holy Ghost preacher. Never will I believe any "spirit(s)" pretending to be God or that "sound good" or "solid" when it dives outside the Direct and Absolute Word of God. And few men in the ministry follow that today. As for verbal abuse, I don't believe in it. It is a tag that has come along only in the latter half of the twentieth century. Jesus as well as every True Christian since Him have endured that and worse. What is words? NOTHING. They called Jesus the "prince of the devils" ; "Beelzebub" to be exact. And Jesus said if they called Him that how much worse will they treat His servants. I believe if a person, man or woman, who is locked into Jesus Christ solidly as He so commands us to be and to walk daily, no amount of "words" or "emotional/verbal abuse" can affect us one iota. God Bless Pastor Ron Cruise Jesus Walk Ministries
  14. Hi Jewel, Understand, I am not instructing or telling you what to do but, you asked for Scriptural reference and I hadn't seen where anyone brought the Bible directly into play. I am a 54 year old Preacher/Evangelist who came into serving Christ only the last 10 years solidly. I have studied and prayed and studied hard over marriage for I myself had three failed marriages before coming to Jesus. (Actually, the third left me because I chose to become a Christian....she was atheist). I hung in there for a year refusing to divorce for I knew how God felt about divorce in that first year of studying His Word. We started to reconcile once (not divorced as yet but separated) and that same evening I was going to spend the night at her residence. But the Spirit of God came on me heavily and said not to do it for we were not reconciled nor would she ever do so and allow me to serve Him. I had been praying for a reconciliation but understood Him well. It was a good thing to listen to Him for she had been secretly seeing two other men and had contracted AIDS. Had I slept with her, I would have it as well. This caused me to dig deep not only for my own understanding but because divorce has become too easy a thing for so many in the Body of Christ. I wanted a clear and concise understanding before I became ordained unto my Calling which He called me into. She has since slept with many men. We divorced and I waited until God spoke to me and led me 2500 miles down into Texas to pair me with a wife He had chosen for me. She is a beautiful Christian woman who supports and joins me in all Jesus leads us into within the Ministry. We have been married since June of 2000 blissfully, blessedly, abundantly without never a cross word or argument between us. So what I guess I am saying is that God may not have your former spouse in mind but, you will never know until you seek Jesus so deeply that He Will Answer and show you and lead you correctly unto His Will for you. Anything I have to say (besides instruction from His Word) or anyone else here, in the pulpit or offices of your church, or whereever, really does not add up to one little tidbit of anything compared to what Jesus will lead and tell you in. God Bless Pastor Ron Cruise Jesus Walk Ministries
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