Blood Bought 1953

18 minutes ago, Godismyloveforever said:

The nightmares will start again. 

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I am looking for the “Ant” setting on my Jaws Machine Of Doom.....so far, no luck......

Quick!! Somebody call the “ Fun Police”  Anybody with no sense of fun or silliness? Please.....Just stay out of the room....let some others try to have a little fun in these trying times.....nobody is forcing Anybody to participate.....thanking you in advance.......

Pretty please with “ sugar” on top ?     Then, ......maybe......

Cecil would salivate over the mere mention of a peanut butter and banana sandwich.....

1 hour ago, Cornelius10 said:

I have never heard the word Repent used in such a way.  If it has been, it was probably in Mockery.

Repent is a Very Christian Word, that means to change your ways.

I think that it “ can” mean to “ change your ways......that can make one a “ Moral” Person.....

God is not looking for “Bad” People to change themselves into “ Good” People. He is looking for people that are “ dead in trespasses and sin” and make them “Alive” by putting His Spirit in them .Our part in seeing this come to fruition is to Believe in the Gospel Of Grace, 1cor15:1-4 and thereby receiving the Holy Spirit and letting God Then do what only He can do......Transform is by getting to work on the “ inside of the cup”...Anybody can change.....only God can Transform.....God Bless.... 

13 minutes ago, Debp said:

And mean snakes, too!

 Don’t forget about those terrible Jellyfish !

I have been stung by many wasps and bumble bees over the years ......several years ago I was stung by two Hornets......a whole different ball game!  It did not really “ sting” that much.....It was like getting hit by a ball bat! Oh, the humanity.......lol.....

I have made friends with one of the ants...... he goes by the name “ Cecil”....... claims he knew Buddy! He swears he saw him hanging around with Elvis!

12 hours ago, Behold said:

 

If Salvation has no more effect on us then to cause us to be exactly like an unbeliever who is trying to be good, but fails then tries again, then Salvation is missing a few links..

I believe there is a big difference between the Believer and the “ unbeliever that is trying to be good”. All the Unregenerate man can do is   “ turn over a new leaf”— he never gets to the root of his problem , which is Unbelief.He can clean up “ the outside of the cup”, but NEVER the “ inside of the cup” That is the basic difference .I can look bad on the outside but because I am a Man Of Faith , I have a New Heart— That is what the Carnal Man lacks.The Religionists May not see ANY change occurring with me.Regardless, God declares that I am a New Creation in Christ Jesus .The Carnal man can change. He can become more “ Moral”......Hell will be chock - full of Moral men......It ain’t what God  is looking for .

Jesus described the Holy Spirit as our “ Helper”....... The unsaved man lacks that- I HAVE it. I have not changed myself like that guy —- I have been TRANSFORMED. Transformed and BEING Transformed by God and His Spirit into the Image Of His Son. The changed man has to constantly work and struggle to maintain his change.The more I try to “ work” at my Transformation ( something only God can do ), the worse the results are.When I Rest from “trying”to be good  and start “ Trusting” God to do what He Promised to do “ IN” me......the results are always better....

special note.....I have to keep these posts kinda short.....if I keep losing my internet connection and everything that I type.....I prefer to waste 15 minutes over 60.....I am sure I am “preaching to the choir” on much of this.....please forgive me for that......I always try to keep Newbies in mind....If you want me to discuss other things than what I addressed, please let me know.....if you can narrow things way down, it would help me.....I am having internet trouble .....thanks, my Friend and Brother.....

7 hours ago, RAPTURE2024 said:

KWIKPHILLY

I  take it as  Satan is Trying  To  Trick  Me into dwelling on Sinful Acts, I Immediately, SING, Praise ye the Lord the Almighty

  and I find if I  Wait for awhile after Recognizing it

without any Action toward it,

IT GOES AWAY  and I am Victorious over it.

At no time did I authorize you to use my personal picture as your Avatar......please cease and desist before  am forced to proceed  with legal action......btw.... I have a great picture but I am too dumb to get it here.....I have  freely admitted that I am a computer dotard......this is more proof....

9 hours ago, kwikphilly said:

@RAPTURE2024LOL,BElieve it,if I could learn to use these functions ANYBODY CAN!!!!I'm pitiful with a keyboard

  Welcome to Worthy,great to have you join us                                                         With love-in CHrist,Kwik

Pfftt.....I do well to capitalize a letter or even hit  the “ submit” button properly......I am the King of Computer Dotards......don’t think for a second that you compete with me.....lol....

We are having an ant problem at my house also......any tips .....“ JAWS” , perhaps?

On 4/16/2020 at 9:24 PM, The Barbarian said:

A shot like this has to be “ tack sharp” to have impact ......you accomplished that......nice shot!

On 5/2/2020 at 8:47 AM, Behold said:

Today in Israel...

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Haha......I LOVED this!  Nice grab- shot!

On 4/20/2020 at 7:43 PM, B3L13v3R said:

Cold foggy day on the bayside, as the sun made an attempt to break through.

Photography means “ to paint with Light.” This is a good example .....it’s “AlWAYS” about the Light! Great pic!

17 hours ago, Blood Bought 1953 said:

If Jesus or Paul or anybody else in the Bible says “ Repent of your sins”, by ALL  MEANS—— Do it ! If Jesus or Paul ever say , “Repent of your Sins To Be SAVED” ........make sure you do that also! There’s a small problem though. You ain’t gonna find that statement in the KJV.Nowhere.Paul used the word “ repent” once in Acts , I believe.....John, that great Book we send Newbies to in order to get get Saved, mainly with John3:16, never uses the word “ repent” one time .What on Earth is Up with that?Maybe because Believing in Jesus has Repentance built-in.There are three types of Repentance. The only type of Repentance required for Salvation is the one of the three that means “ change your mind”.......If you have changed your mind about Jesus, going from thinking he never existed or was just a good and wise man to believing that He was the Son Of God that died for the sins of the World and rose from the dead.....You have repented and are saved......more to follow... 

 

The last three words...... “ more to  follow”.......  may take awhile.... I spend an hour writing a post and I keep losing my internet connection and it erases everything I have typed.....happened in a long post yesterday and a REAL long post today.....not quite sure what to do.....is it possible on an iPad to back up everything you type as you type it? 

34 minutes ago, DustyRoad said:

Scripture disagrees with you.

Here is what our Lord Jesus Christ said to the five churches referenced by @OneLight.

Ephesus:

Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. (Revelation 2: 5)

Pergamos:

So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.

Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. (Revelation 2: 15-16)

Thyatira:

I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.

Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.

Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. (Revelation 2: 19-22)

Sardis:

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. (revelation 3: 2-3)

Laodicea:
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. (Revelation 3: 19)

To “ repent” is these instances means to “ Turn” from what you are doing, or you are going to be chastised .Some Of The Chastisement are very serious.....NONE have anything to do with Loss Of Salvation....

If these people have undergone the “ Turn” That is relevant to Salvation—TURNING TO GOD as Lost Sinners with Faith in Jesus Christ to Save them, they are secure forever .....even if their “ candlestick is removed.” That infers  losing a position of prominence......any of these groups that Rest in the Gospel Of Paul are Saved forever , if they did not Rest in the Gospel they were lost anyway......

47 minutes ago, kwikphilly said:

?   I didn't mention Abraham  being  righteous......I did say WE are the Righteousness of God in CHRIST

  Perhaps because I did mention OT you may have assumed I was considering Abraham as "righteous" when actually I was thinking of "perfect"....So now you may know where I was coming from,guess I should have quoted in the first place-lol

                                                                                                      With love-in Christ,Kwik

I just kinda picked Abraham out of the air as an example of a man that was far from perfect but was “ credited” with being Righteous because of his Faith in a Promise Of God......just like us. Abraham was far from “ perfect” in his life.......he disobeyed God  When he took Lot with him when he left Ur.........he was an Adulterer with Hagar in his period of Unbelief .....he later lied about his wife in Egypt.....he was never “ perfect “ in his flesh......but he “ Believed God” and that was good enough . Same thing works for us.It ain’t how we Behave That Saves is.......it’s what we Believe.....God Bless....

12 minutes ago, kwikphilly said:

Blessings BB

   I agree with you although there are tons of Scripture to say we ARE sinless perfect etc,..etc....I won't even quote them all because there are so many in both the OT & NT and surely you know them,lol    But I do think we are on the same page,it is our spirit that has been made into sinless perfection and having been counted the Righteousness of God in Christ (by Holy Spirit & in spirit)no sin will be imputed from there on(having  been Born Again)    PRAISE JESUS

    Ah but that flesh(lol) .....so thats what you are saying,right? You don't really have to reply...its a given,lol

                                                                                                                                     With love-in Christ,Kwik

I understand where you are coming from, but technically speaking , which is not a big deal at all, The Bible never said that Abraham was a Righteous Man because of his Faith......God took  his Faith and COUNTED it as Righteousness.I think reality shows that we humans are born sinners and die sinners, by our thoughts and actions .Fortunately for us, by our Faith in Jesus Christ, we are Justified and God Remembers our sins no more.If we had no sins, there would be no sins for God to forget.Regardless, sin is not the issue when it comes to Salvation......Jesus Put  that  matter to Rest forever by His Shed Blood....Jesus did everything necessary for our Salvation......if we “ cash in” by Resting in The Gospel Of Grace .....we are good to go......God bless...   

18 hours ago, OneLight said:

You say you never repented, but you go on to describe a repentant heart when you cried out for forgiveness and mercy.   Repenting does not mean going straight from black to white, there is a progress, one each of us walk through, and is continuous.

So there is no further misunderstanding, can you unpack your last couple of sentences?  Just saying FAITH is so vague you could turn an aircraft carrier around in it.  Also, please expound on how you do nothing and Jesus does it all.  Do you mean that if you lied to someone and was convicted that you would not repent by correcting the wrong and telling the truth, but instead you would just wait for Jesus to tell them the truth?  I want to make sure I understand what you mean.

I am sure you did a word search in scripture to see what was said about repentance.  How many times did Jesus tell us to repent of our sins?  How about Paul?  Repentance is part of maturing in Christ.  If you don't repent, how do you learn and grow, what fruit can an unrepentant heart provide?  Last, how can an unrepentant heart love Him who tells us to repent when the person refuses to do so?

If Jesus or Paul or anybody else in the Bible says “ Repent of your sins”, by ALL  MEANS—— Do it ! If Jesus or Paul ever say , “Repent of your Sins To Be SAVED” ........make sure you do that also! There’s a small problem though. You ain’t gonna find that statement in the KJV.Nowhere.Paul used the word “ repent” once in Acts , I believe.....John, that great Book we send Newbies to in order to get get Saved, mainly with John3:16, never uses the word “ repent” one time .What on Earth is Up with that?Maybe because Believing in Jesus has Repentance built-in.There are three types of Repentance. The only type of Repentance required for Salvation is the one of the three that means “ change your mind”.......If you have changed your mind about Jesus, going from thinking he never existed or was just a good and wise man to believing that He was the Son Of God that died for the sins of the World and rose from the dead.....You have repented and are saved......more to follow... 

1 hour ago, Sower said:

A little humor gone awry...

"The loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly gray
The glory that was Rome is of another day
I've been terribly alone and >>>forgotten in Manhattan<<<
I'm going home to my city by the Bay

I left my heart in San Francisco
High on a hill, it calls to me
To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars
The morning fog may chill the air, I don't care"
etc...

He was  popular in my younger days, assumed you knew "I left my heart in San Francisco"

Top Ten Songs of Tony Bennett  (memory lane)

• Just In Time – 1956.
• I Left My Heart in San Francisco – 1962 (peaked #19)
• The Good Life – 1963 (peaked #18)
• Blue Velvet – 1951 (peaked #16)
• I Wanna Be Around – 1963 (peaked #14)
• In The Middle Of An Island – 1957 (peaked #9)
• Stranger In Paradise– 1953 (peaked #2)
• Cold Cold Heart– 1951 (peaked #1 for 6 weeks)
  
  Born 1926. Started singing in 1945 till today still, at 93.
  My folks enjoyed him.
  He could really sing...........
  Bet Neighbor remembers

 

The man undoubtedly has a great resume......it will not impress my wife.......I’m telling you......her hate is “otherworldly”...... lol.....I get a kick out of it......let’s pray he never sings in Southern Ohio......it could get ugly!  Lol...

The Bible speaks of the “Old Nature” That constantly does battle with the “New Nature.” Because Of this we are unable to do as “ we would like to do.” This battle will continue until we “ See Him as He is.” John declares if we “say we have no sin, we call God a Liar”........

There is NO Biblical Promise That I am aware of that guarantees a life of “ Sinless Perfection” while we continue in these bodies of Flesh.We’ll know “Perfection” when we arrive “ Over There.” Zola Levitt wrote about this error in a book I had of His.If I can find it, I will have more to add.....

24 minutes ago, Sower said:

Ah, Blood.
Eskimos aren't "lost in Manhattan".
They're just  "Forgotten in Manhattan".........
Or so Tony Bennett said.

Not really sure what you are referring to here.....let me just say this....My Wife absolutely DESPISES Tony Bennett ......it is really “ Otherworldly”.......scary, in fact! I can’t figure it out......I ain’t “ crazy” about him but Wow.......

11 hours ago, OneLight said:

Tell me then.  Did you repent from your sinful ways when you accepted salvation through Christ Jesus, or did you just thank Him for His salvation and continue on your merry sinful ways?

Yep.....this was pretty much my experience .....I don’t even remember if I thanked him or not, officially.I am pretty sure I was thankful in my heart. I never Repented from my “ sinful ways.” I did continue on my “ merry way.” If my Salvation was contingent on me “ straightening up and flying right” and giving up sin, I am still as Lost as as an Eskimo in the Middle Of Manhattan.

 Here is what I “did” do......The Holy Spirit blessed me one night by convicting me that I was a Sinner , headed for a well- deserved Hell...I , like billions Of others that were blinded by the lie of Satan , was living in The Fool’s Paradise that told me I was not perfect , but “ Good Enough” to meet God’s Approval.....After The Holy Spirit cured me of “ that” damnable lie, All that was left for me to do was to cry out for forgiveness and mercy.....I had absolutely NOTHING  to offer to God but my sins.

I must have done “ something” right. The next morning , after a night of pure anguish, I discovered what the “ peace that passeth all Understanding” was all about.....I knew that I was forgiven.....I had a total  sense of peace and love in my heart.....it was not natural.....It was from the Holy Spirit, I am sure....

As time went on , I was too ignorant of the Bible to do anything Biblical......in a nutshell, I went on my “merry way” and over time , God showed me it was not so  “ merry” after all.......He had something better in mind for me.....He introduced me to a Preacher that finally mind sense.....He said, “ You don’t have to change to attend my Church, but if you start practicing Faith, which was Acting on a Promise Of God, you had  better   Watch Out ! God just might decide to “ change you”. I concentrated on believing and acting on God’s Promises as opposed to trying to “ turn over a new leaf” and quit sinning and “ be good”. I stepped out in Faith, and for that God Put His Spirit in me and I have remained myself as He has worked in my heart , doing the changing that HE deemed important.I do what I want and God keeps changing my wants. I do the Trusting- He does the changing and He does the Saving.

Paul said that we Finish this Journey the same way that we started it—- FAITH! How is the Saved man supposed to live? “The Righteous shall LIVE by Faith” That’s all I ever do.....He does the rest...... IF we Trust Him.... I do........ God Bless...

For poorly taught Believers out there that always equate  the word “ Repentance” with “ repenting of sins” .....it is important that the #1 Repenter  in the Bible is God.......37 times, give or take......We all know that God never Sins.....There are 3 types of Repentance......   I would refer you to “ get gods gift.com” for details.....things you May have never been aware of , or considered.....