Greenie

@Dennis1209 I'm open for either response you care to give. Spiritual and commercial. @other onethat pretty much what that movie is saying is that the Vatican is the little horn. Guess i shoulda took notes and copied them in here so I'd have a better response ? I'm just a little overwhelmed because I've always just listened to pastors and preachers in the dispensational viewpoint and now hearing in a different perspective it makes just as much sense if not a little more. I don't wanna fight over whose right and whose wrong but the way I see it , its gotta be one or the other... we can't all be right over the same topic. Is there a good way to study the Bible that compares verses from OT to the NT??

Wow, just wow! My mind is blown away with this info...I'm shook to my bones. So then what am I to do?!? Pack up my family and leave America?!? Where would I go? I don't wanna be displeasing to YHVH. This is what I mean when I say I've been taught wrong all my life. Thank you @Starise for the in-depth coverage

Yes other one , this is what I watched. I'm nervous to say that I kinda agree with how he presented his evidence. I've never thought of it like that, it was like an eye opener for me. Now I've tried to get my parents to see it but my mom is convinced that its wrong. Nobody in my church so far will talk about it either. I guess because they (the SFP/sda people) still believe in keeping the law and the sabbath and thats OT stuff which Jesus came to fulfill so shouldn't I be trusting in Jesus and not the laws ? he came to fulfill it because I couldn't, he took my punishment and my sin on the cross of calvary and thats why I praise and worship him as my savior. There's so much I need to learn again.

So I seen this video and it got me thinking about everything. Have I been taught wrong and what haven't I been studying right. I know the Bible is literal in some places and symbolic in others. I now know the video comes from a SDA background and I don't know much about them because I grew up in Baptist church and then went on to pentecostal church (then spent many years out of church) now I'm back in the church and reading my Bible and praying more but I feel conflicted over eschatology views and whether or not is a salvation issue. Anyone else seen the video?? I'm sure you can look it up on YouTube. Maybe chat with me about it, thanks With love in Christ, Greenie

Matthew 7 v. 13-14 talks about wide is the road and broad is the path that leads to destruction and many follow it then in v.14 narrow is the gate and there are few who follow it (paraphrasing) I guess my question is.... thinking about the 21 centuries full of billions and billions of people, have you ever just pondered how few the people made it through the narrow gate??? How many have followed the wide and broad path...I think the numbers are staggering. Like I don't like to think this way but it would seem like heavens numbers are small...then again I'm not God and I'm not the judge of humans so I'm not gonna question it. Just a random thought that crosses my mind every once in a while. As always your 2 cents are always welcome on the topic ?

@Tristen very good explanation, now how does one really become able to rule over there own flesh?! See i know not to lust but at times it still happens, I know that smoking cigarettes is not good for me or my witness as a Christian but still can't let it go....how do you go about breaking the chains of bondage. I pray and pray and pray about it but I'm weak in the spirit. I try to do my best to read the word and speak it over myself to gain more faith. I don't wanna feel like a lukewarm Christian anymore. I feel like I need a Christian sponsor. I know it should be the Holy Spirit but I don't know if its him or my own voice. I keep going round and round in circles and its exhausting

Well I know I have the wrong idea of freedom in Christ, I figured it was about being free from the law, the old commandments. Which is why I brought it up. I wanted to get a better idea and learn more about the topic. I guess also I don't really know what it means to walk in the spirit either. Suppose I need to do a good reading through Roman chapter 7 huh?!

Let's talk about the freedom we have in Christ. Is it freedom from the law?? Is it freedom to do what you want (within reason) Whats the freedom in Christ mean to you Use scripture as well if you like. Lately I've been torn over this subject.

This is so good, what a way to explain it. You know I've been going through it lately...trying to do it myself, clean up my behavior and how I think and react all on my own. I wanna live right for Jesus but you've put it in a light that I never thought of before. I keep going to different brothers and sisters in Christ for advice and a shoulder to lean on but never really giving it to Jesus or thinking really what he did for me. Yes I pray about it but I still stumble, yes I give him my heart but I still hold on to the junk that I say I give him. What a wretched man am I. I'm gonna save this post and read it over and over! What a good lesson. I really feel this will help me as a great reminder to take his yoke upon me and let him change me more and more. God bless you Your brother in Christ Greenie

@Chicken coop2 say no more lol

@Chicken coop2 are you in Ohio too??

We're 2 hours west of Akron, have you heard of findlay?

Should this renewed mind be instant? Or does it happen over time? I know that we aren't gonna be perfect and I guess that's my problem is that I'm looking for instant perfection after accepting christ into my heart. There's still so much I get wrong and I feel guilty like my salvation isn't real because I haven't been perfected in love

Care to expound on this?? I need a little more understanding please

I really don't know anymore. I've been listening to peoples opinion, I've been on here like almost all day everyday reading through different threads and come up with different answers. I suppose 1 of my problems is I'm looking to man for advice when I should be looking to Jesus for my answers. I just have all this guilt and shame about being brought up in church and I confess to know Jesus and I've asked for forgiveness, I believe he is who he says he is. Then I went out into the world and started living without putting God first in everything I did, it got to the point where I stopped going to church, I stopped praying , I was living wild. All the while I knew that I was in sin but just didn't care. Now I want to change but I think its out of fear and not love. Like I don't wanna go to hell or be separated from God for eternity. I'm trying to read the Bible and gain understanding but I get nowhere because I just don't understand it. Like I'm more concerned with the history of the Bible then just believing what it says. I read an amplified Bible and a NIV and of course the KJV...but still don't see the clear picture. I feel like God has put me to confusion for my disobedience. Some people tell me I'm just going thru a dry season. I'm tired of this dry season and want to be restored. Its like I'm still a slave to sin even though I'm trying to stomp it out (sin that is) Idk anymore, and I feel horrible for always feeling like a whiner about it, I'm just going in circles and idk what to do about it.

@Riverwalker yes I've heard of the prodigal son, it is an inspiration to me.

Thats one of the hardest things I'm trying to do. I know all my past sins and they're in my face all the time. Like I was raised in church and got saved in my teenage years, I felt it was genuine. Then I strayed from the Lord for so long then I wanted to come back. I don't understand certain scriptures and they tend to scare me into thinking what I'm going through now isn't real. Is it really that easy to just trust that God has me and there's nothing that I'm doing to help in all this?

@other one this is helpful to me, over time I will finish my race and he will complete in me what he started. I realize now that im still a babe in Christ and learning how to crawl before I can walk and run. If you have any suggestions for other reading material that might help I would gladly accept it and look into it. Thank you for the response

So idk where to start. So this is gonna be chaos , bear with me. Who has it right? RCC, protestants, evangelicals, jews, sda, jehovah witnesses? I know some people will say study the scripture and have the holy spirit guide you. What then do I say when I come up with a different perspective on scripture then you and I say thats what the holy spirit showed me ?? I feel so confused most of the time and I just wanna get it right. I go to church and I do my best to pray and read the Bible. Now alot of people tell me that I need to rest in the finished work of the cross and what Jesus did at calvary. I know that I can't do this alone and I need Jesus' help in all things. I use the website as a tool to help me but my mom and myself sometimes find it to be a hinderence (I mean not so helpful) there's to many opinions going around and it clouds my judgment. Here's just a few things I don't understand. The reformation era Justification & sanctification O.s.a.s (thats a biggie I know skip that if you will) Keeping his commandments Abiding in him This can keep going but I'm gonna stop there for now. Its like I'm running around like a chicken with its head cut off. I see all my sins and I feel like its my job to get rid of them. Let me be brutally honest here, I was a 16 year weed smoker and cigs. I used to drink but not that often. It was easier to give up other sins then the ones I focus one like not smoking, the more I want to stop it the more I seem to do it. I haven't smoked weed in a week or so but cigarettes is still a problem. Does what Jesus looks like really matter ? I believe he is not what we see him as all over the place. I heard this quote the other day, "life's not an audition for the afterlife" and that was in a pureflix preview for a movie (I guess its suppose to be Christian content) ya know like Netflix but for Christians and it got me wondering like I think thats wrong because when I stand before God to give an account of my life isn't that like an audition?? Ok so much more to come but I will rest here for now Thanks y'all for listening reading and reacting to help a fellow believe. I just wanna get things cleared up. P.s. the whole taking things out of context in scripture has me going nuts as well lol P.p.s how long does a dry spell or dry season last? Ok last one...the parable of the sower. Can one be in the stoney ground but get out of that situation and be the one in the good ground , ya know like practice makes perfect kinda deal?? Ok love y'all (really i do) ready for the responses

We're an hour south of toledo in a small town called Fostoria. Thank you for the response. Its nice to know I've got someone in Ohio on here ?

Hey guys, its been a long time since I posted anything. (Better believe I'm on here looking up and studying and learning). Just wanted to give a little update, we've decided to keep the baby and my 3rd daughter will be born Aug . 4th. I'm so very grateful for this answered pray! Life for me is still really tough at times (as I'm sure it is for everyone) so please keep me in your prayers Your brother in Christ Greenie

This wasnt a planned pregnacy, just kinda happened. See with the 1st 2 kids we had to have prenatal vitamins and she stepped up her diet to help boost chances of concieving a baby. We didnt think this would happen without them.

So my wife and i found out last week that she is pregnat. She doesnt want to keep it due to tje fact that she is unhealthy ,(lots of medical problems in the past) she doesnt want to go through another pregnacy at all. She doesnt want another epidural shot (i dont blame her there) and she fears for having a disabled child (even though we have 2 beautiful healthy girls ages 7 and 5). I on the other hand wanna keep it, doesnt matter. I know abortion is wrong and i believe what the bible says. She on the other hand doesnt. Now i feel like im stuck. I dont wanna be the guy that forces her to keep it and resent me or the baby for it. I wanna be a supportive husband but i cant quite get behind this one. Ive tried talking to her and ive let my feelings be known about the subject. I just dont know what to do here people. TIA, for the advice Your brother in Christ, Greenie

So at work, I asked the man who trained me on some machinery to help me out with some info. (Ya know cuz he knows the most about it) Me: hey man can you help me out with this info, I don't quite remember, I can do everything else I just don't remember this part. Him: well did you take notes?!?! Me: well technically no. (I don't run this machine but once a month maybe) Him: well there you go ... Me: so you're really not gonna help me out?? Him: NOPE! Me: alright cool.... I then proceed to walk off ,bitter and hurt that he wouldn't help out with something so simple. I go to the break room mad and slam the door. Start to look up the info I need in our jsa or mds. Co-workers are like whats wrong?!? So I start venting saying how i think he's being a jerk for not simply helping me...i also said the same thing to 1 other coworker. I got the info I need from my boss and go back to the machine. Then he (the coworker I'm having issues with) corners me and becomes highly aggressive and threatening. Right up in my face pointing his finger and yelling at me about how i need to leave his name out my mouth and how it's my fault for not taking notes and I'm just trying to make him out to be the bad guy. After all that, I was traumatized by the incident. I couldn't stop replaying in my head for the rest of the day. Now I believe I owe him an apology for being bitter that he wouldn't help me. I cant help it , the Lord keeps dealing with me about forgiveness. One the other hand he didn't give me a chance to speak. He just blew up , was ready to fight if I disagreed , and now won't gimme a chance to speak my side , my peace and try to make amends. I guess my question would be how do I handle this? I made the mistake of letting the sun go down on my anger. I don't wanna be unforgiving because I know my heavenly father won't forgive me. I don't hate the guy, I just don't wanna be around or work with him. Any advice is welcome, I see you all as family and I need help and prayers please

Forgive me, I feel as if I have offended you.