RockyMidnight

3 hours ago, Follower Of Jesus said:

#1 Jesus is the Son of Man

Psalm 146:3-5 : "Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help."

#2 

Hebrews 10:16 : "I will put My Laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds."

Proverbs 28:26 : "He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool"

Follower Of Jesus, this will clear it up.

https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/treasury-of-david/psalms-146-3.html

As for what appears to be a contradiction between Hebrews 10:16 and Proverbs 28:26, Proverbs tells us that when we rely on our own understanding of things we fall short as our knowledge is far from complete so we make errors in judgement constantly which leads to sin constantly. we ALL do this, no exceptions despite (Hebrews 10:16) God having put His Laws in our hearts and minds. We know when we are doing wrong and evil even when we constantly ignore God's Laws. (See Romans 3:23).

Cheers!!! 

On 9/20/2018 at 7:40 PM, pogi said:

Good evening all, my wife co-worker is hounding her to attend Iglesia ni cristo bible study and church services. They are both from the Philippines. My wife was a Roman Catholic in the PI and accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior 2 years after coming to the US in 1993. My wife goes to the bible study and ask the person leading the bible study different questions. The person asked my wife if I would want to go, she told them NO WAY I would go there for a bible study.

I tell my wife the church is a fake religion and they will bend the bible to make it seem like what they are saying is the truth. I tell my wife she should not go and after she comes home I ask her what was taught. I tell her do not be fooled, do not forsake who Jesus is. 

I do not know, I guess I just needed to tell someone this. My wife works all the time and the bible study is on Sat nights and she happens to have off every other weekend and she wants to go to a place where they study the bible. I wish there was another place near where we live but there is none.

I feel sad for my wife she wants to grow and learn and worship our Lord, and this is the only place there is too go.

Sorry if this is not the right place to post this, Peace and Love to ALL, and may Jesus be with you all today tomorrow and Forever

 

Hi Pogi! How are things going with getting your wife to see the truth? Something else came to mind thinking about this "Jesus is not God but just a man" heresy. Since, according to this Iglesia Ni Cristo fiction, that Jesus was just a man, then they should be able to show other men capable of Christ's deeds right? What one man can do, certainly there must be others who can do the same. So, who do they have that can claim being God's ONLY begotten Son, was immaculately conceived, knows the Will of God and has God's Authority, walks on water, commands storms to cease, feeds thousands with a few fish and loaves of bread, heals the sick with a word, casts out demons, raises the dead back to life, can be killed and resurrected on the third day for all to see, hear and converse with and every other deed of Christ?  Certainly, if their doctrine is true, they have to have members capable of these things, right? Again, if Jesus was just a man, where are the men in their organization that does what Jesus does? Ask you wife who these members are. They do not exist, not even the Beast of Revelation can do all that Christ does. She has to agree with this. 

Cheers Pogi!!! 

10 hours ago, Scott Free said:

Do you realize over half of Christians do not take the Creationist theories seriously. The Genesis creation stories tend to be seen as allegories and not first hand accounts.  

Hi Scott Free! Where did you find that "over half of Christians do not take the Creationist theories seriously"? Not looking to argue, but I find it extremely hard to believe this. Was it just an exaggeration or do you have a resource that has surveyed Christians on this topic? Very interested to know.

Thank you Brother.

Cheers!!! 

1 hour ago, other one said:

Michael Heiser would disagree with you...   especially in the original Hebrew and Greek.....   I have not studied it well enough to intelligently discuss it but if you look at his writings and video's he will explain the details...     He has a doctors degree in Hebrew and other degrees in Greek and others.   He explains why the wording used tends to make us think that and how to keep others from getting trapped into the madness.   I have other issues to deal with so those who care to deal with it need to look up his stuff.

Just telling someone who believes in flat earth the Bible really doesn't say the earth is flat will not listen to you at all.

Hi Other One. Fine by me if someone wants to listen or not, agree or not, since it is all foolishness to God. Like I stated, scripture is about salvation. Period, end of story!

Cheers Brother!!! 

22 hours ago, turtletwo said:

So what if somebody you care about deeply is getting mixed up by this via YouTube?  What do you do to help them? I'm very concerned. I tried discussing it calmly but things got heated.

Does anyone know how to discount their many scripture references they claim they base it on? (Not to mention the science stuff. I'm no help there as I never was any good with science.)

What scripture references? There is no scripture that states the earth is flat. References to the earth and heavens are from the perspective of the individual; If you go outside right now, it can easily appear the earth is flat and the sky a dome, but only from a human perspective at a specific location. Travel anywhere on the earth and it will always look flat from that point, yet the sky changes. You don't see the same stars in the Northern hemisphere as you do in the Southern. If you travel from one hemisphere to the other believing it is flat, why would there be a different sky with completely different star fields? If you go to the highest peaks on earth, the curvature of the earth becomes clearly visible. So according to flat earthers, every ship falls off the earth at the horizon, and every plane crashes on the earth there too! Now obviously this is ridiculous but no less ridiculous than a flat earth.

Stop this flat earth none sense already. The Bible is about salvation, not geology.

Isaiah  40: 22. It is he that sitteth ^H3427 upon the circle ^H2329of the earth, ^H776 and the inhabitants ^H3427thereof are as grasshoppers; ^H2284 that stretcheth out ^H5186 the heavens ^H8064 as a curtain, ^H1852 and spreadeth them out ^H4969 as a tent ^H168 to dwell in: ^H3427

^{Circle, H2329 Chuwg. Circle, Circuit, Compass, Sphere}

^Cheers!!! 

1 hour ago, turtletwo said:

With the popularity of the Flat Earth beliefs circulating, has anyone noticed a negative effect on the body of Christ? Divisions and even strong relationships being damaged by not seeing eye to eye? 

Flat Earth is a lie. Lies are from Satan. How can those who believe or perpetuate a lie not be damaged? It is a matter of life and death. Just saying.

Cheers!!! 

On 9/20/2018 at 7:40 PM, pogi said:

Good evening all, my wife co-worker is hounding her to attend Iglesia ni cristo bible study and church services. They are both from the Philippines. My wife was a Roman Catholic in the PI and accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior 2 years after coming to the US in 1993. My wife goes to the bible study and ask the person leading the bible study different questions. The person asked my wife if I would want to go, she told them NO WAY I would go there for a bible study.

I tell my wife the church is a fake religion and they will bend the bible to make it seem like what they are saying is the truth. I tell my wife she should not go and after she comes home I ask her what was taught. I tell her do not be fooled, do not forsake who Jesus is. 

I do not know, I guess I just needed to tell someone this. My wife works all the time and the bible study is on Sat nights and she happens to have off every other weekend and she wants to go to a place where they study the bible. I wish there was another place near where we live but there is none.

I feel sad for my wife she wants to grow and learn and worship our Lord, and this is the only place there is too go.

Sorry if this is not the right place to post this, Peace and Love to ALL, and may Jesus be with you all today tomorrow and Forever

 

Hello Pogi. As Debp pointed out this is absolutely a cult and teaching a false doctrine. It is Satan driven because it denies the Divinity of Christ.

Any doctrine that clams Christ was just a man is a cult of Satan. Obviously, it is completely non-scriptural. You may want to spend time with your wife reading The Book of Revelations about the false teachings that will become popular in the end times. 
I am at a loss trying to comprehend how anyone can believe they are Christian without first and foremost believing Christs' Divine Nature, so the above is as much as I can offer you. You are right to be alarmed though, for this is a very serious demonic group masquerading as believers.

Perhaps this site will help also?

http://www.net-burst.net/demons/index.htm

https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/do-you-pray-like-the-devil

Praying your wife gets Holy Spirit edification Pogi. Please keep us informed.

The Iglesia Ni Cristo website statement of "beliefs". Check out the "Lord Jesus Christ" link, the very last sentence! Unbelievable!.

https://iglesianicristo.net/eng/beliefs 

Sincerely!!! ?

On 9/17/2018 at 11:30 AM, Neighbor said:

Hi, Red tide comes and goes.  Some years more so than others. It is often hyped as never having been so bad before.  It does adversely affect more people nowadays since people come here all year round now. Can't imagine why, but they do.

It used to be that  one could walk across US 19  in the summer without bothering to look up for traffic. Today one would be splattered no matter what season or time of day, if they tried it. We were in the motel business on US 19 years ago there simply was no summer ocupancy other than commercial accounts with the then aerospace industry. The beach motels were essentially closed come summer, the entertainers from the beach resorts would book in on US 19 to gather locals as there just was no one on the beaches come summers. Now even the locals don't try to get to the beaches in summer can't drive through all the traffic. Even our local's havens of Dog Beach on the Clearwater Causeway, and Dunedin Causeway, are pretty much packed this month even in this heat.

So yes of course when red tide comes now the newer people say hey what's this, the end is coming the end is coming, get me a politican to solve this problem the end is coming.

 

From Red Tide FAQ by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

"Is red tide a new phenomenon?
No, red tides were documented in the southern Gulf of Mexico as far back as the 1700s and along Florida's Gulf coast in the 1840s. Fish kills near Tampa Bay were even mentioned in the records of Spanish explorers."

No one is claiming this is something new, or not a recurring part of the natural order of nature, but this year's is especially bad compared to any previous records. May be in Tampa things aren't so bad, but here in Charlotte county you cannot get near the beach between the overwhelming stench of dead sea life and the airborne toxins.  

http://myfwc.com/REDTIDESTATUS

For tons of fish and other sea life, the end has come! 

Cheers!!! 

10 hours ago, Tzephanyahu said:

Shalom all, 

May I ask for your assistance? 

I have put together an online source for evidence of a Global Flood for non-believers. However, I would greatly appreciate feedback on it to see if I've missed something or its unclear. 

It is from an apologetic standpoint for non-believers, but I'm sure some Christian's would get some use from this information too. 

Faithandtheword.com/idb/mind/real-argument/global-flood/investigation/

Thank you for reading and thank you in advance for your help. 

Love & Shalom 

Hello Tzephanyahu! What a fantastic site you have created. As for an opinion about anything you may have missed or what might be unclear, that is still a work in progress on my end. My "objectivity" is somewhat compromised because of my faith; I believe scripture 100% as given in the Bible, so I do not need convincing of a worldwide flood in Noah's time. Never the less, I am trying to comprehend your work from my pre-believer days! 

I just wanted to thank you for this terrific effort at this point, as it obviously must cause any open minded non-believer to pause and consider the evidence you are presenting.

One point is a site map for easier navigation of the site. Does one exist, since I have missed it?

Congratulations on such a fine effort Tzephanyahu!

Cheers!!! 

6 hours ago, bvthomas said:

An Auxiliary Power Unit is a device used to provide energy for functions other than propulsion. It is used to run the electrical systems of a large aircraft, while on the ground. Before the engines are to be turned, the APU is started by a battery or a hydraulic accumulator. Its primary purpose is to provide power to start the engines.

For a vehicle with a flat battery, we either try to jump-start it or use another vehicle battery to get the engine up and running.

This is exactly what we experience at new-birth. The Spirit of the Lord uses the righteousness, faith, and obedience of Christ to jump-start our new beginning in Christ. This righteousness is imputed to all who are willing to walk in the steps of that faith of the father Abraham - Rom 4:12 - KJV. We have become the elect of God through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience - 1Pet 1:2/Rom 1:5/6:16/Gal 3:1/Eph 2:2/James 1:21. And when you walk after the Spirit in obedience to the word of Christ, the righteousness of the law shall be fulfilled in us too - Rom 8:4. When the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature(the new nature) the things contained in the law - it shew the work of the law written in their hearts (the new covenant- Heb 8:10/10:16), their conscience also bearing witness* (Rom 9:1 - for the unbeliever his/her conscience is defiled and are reprobate- Titus 1:15,16), *and their thoughts the mean while accusing or excusing one another - Rom 2:14,15. Wherefore, when the uncircumcision (the Gentile believer) keep the righteousness of the law by walking after the Spirit unto obedience - 1Pet 1:2/Rom 6:16, they shall be counted for circumcision - Rom 2:26-29. I hear multitudes say that we must continue in that child-like state of relying on the righteousness of Christ alone, instead of using the righteousness of Christ to propel oneself to a higher realm in the spirit to bring forth fruit unto righteousness by His Spirit. Aren't we being instructed by the Spirit of God to run a race? Consider His righteousness as an after-burner, which most of the military supersonic aircrafts uses that provides an increase in thrust, usually for supersonic flights, takeoffs, and in combat situations. When required, pilots can activate and deactivate it in flight. We also have an afterburner too - Jesus Christ! In times of need, to obtain mercy and to find help - we are instructed to come boldly unto the throne of grace - Heb 4:16 - but not all the time. When we were dead in our sins, hath he quickened us - Col 2:13. You are now complete in Christ/made alive - Col 2:10/1Cor 15:22 - Complete:our spirit was dead in Adam and henceforth, the hearts were darkened - Through Jesus Christ, the first-born of God, He restored us back everything that we had lost in Adam and much more, and made He us complete. When we couldn’t function on our own, through His Son, God hath quickened our spirits through His Spirit, by faith, expecting us to become fully functional beings for which we are created. Therefore leaving the principles (the fundamentals) of the doctrine of Christ* (not disregarding but abiding in it - 2John 1:9), *let us go on unto perfection - Heb 6:1/1Pet 5:10/Phil 3:15 - the wholesome words, the doctrine which is according to godliness - 1Tim 6:3. When you become a man (no more a child according to the spirit) -1Cor 3:2,3/13:11/Heb 5:13,14, mature in spirit, become skilful in the word of righteousness - Heb 5:13 - and follow afterrighteousness* (without spot and blameless and harmless sons of God, walking in the purity of mind and spirit, keeping yourself unspotted form the world, calling on the Lord out of a pure heart - 2Pet 3:14/ 1Thess 5:22,23/Phil 2:15/Luke 1:6/2Cor 7:1/1Tim 1:5/ 4:12/5:2,22/1John 3:3/1Pet 1:22/James 1:27/ 2Tim 2:22), *godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness - 1Tim 6:11 - partaking of the divine nature and His holiness - 2Pet 1:4/Heb 12:10 - pressing towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus - 2Pet 1:10/Phil 3:15/Phil 3:12 - having your faith tried - 1Pet 1:7,9/4:12/Heb 11:17/James 1:3 - from a servant' status to a brother beloved - Philemon 1:10-16 - then you begin your own flight with the might your inner man possesses - Eph 3:16. A lamb cannot be led, but follows the ewe’s sound and smell; their vision is limited and is incapable of sensing danger - but the sheep hears the master - Jesus said, my sheep hear my voice - John 10:27. The new-birth stage also reflects these examples, which I’ve put forth: God uses the righteousness, faith and obedience of Christ to jump-start us through His Spirit. That does not mean God want us to continue in that stage forever. We are being told to leave that basis and move on unto perfection - Our heavenly Father expects us to be conformed to the image of His first-born, unto a perfect man - Eph 4:13,14. God wants us to be perfect even as He is and be holy as He is - Matt 5: 48/1Pet 1:16. I often hear, pastors still encouraging the hearers to rely on the righteousness of Christ on a daily basis, instead of challenging them to put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness - Eph 4:24 - and grow unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. Putting on the new-man is like putting on the Lord Jesus - Rom 13:14/Col 3:10/Eph 4:24 - Didn’t Christ leave an example that we should follow his steps? - 1Pet 1:21 Why would he left us an example expecting us to walk, even as he walked, if we are to only rely on his righteousness on a continuous basis considering ourselves as worthless creatures; when in fact, we are raised together with Him in Baptism to walk in newness of life/ to serve in newness of spirit? - Rom 6:4/ 7:5,6/1John 2:6 Know that, as he is, so are we in this world -1John 4:17. We must arm ourselves with the same mind of Christ, mustn’t we? 1Pet 4:1/Heb 12:2,3 - If Jesus had to be taught obedience and had to be made perfect according to the flesh, how much more we? - Heb 2:10/5:8,9. The word of the truth of the gospel, which came unto us, brought forth fruit unto us, don’t it? Col 1:5,6/Rom 7:4/John 15:16. Be ye followers of God, as dear children - Eph 5:1,2.

God expects us to bring forth fruit, to yield the peaceable fruit of righteousness - Heb 12:11/Rom 6:16 - and to become like Jesus. Our elder brother hath paved us a way through death, for us to imitate him, to please God as he did too.

1 John 3:2-3: Beloved, now are we the sons of God (no more servants or just friends), and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ (Galatians 4:7).

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked (1 John 2:6).

Hello BVThomas! welcome to Worthy!

Cheers!!! 

1 hour ago, OldCoot said:

Thanks for turning me on to those.  Just checked them out.  I had known of Nabeel Qureshi and I have his book "No God But One - Allah or Jesus" which speaks of his search and finding Jesus as his Messiah.  Sad that Nabeel passed away.   Before he died, he was doing apologetic work with Ravi Zacharias.

This wasn't Nabeel.

Vheers

2 hours ago, OldCoot said:

Thanks for that info, Deb.  I get snippets of information regarding such things from Open Doors which I help support monthly.  I stay up to date with and support a CMA missionary and his wife who is working in the Kurdish area of eastern Turkey.   Will not name who that is for obvious reasons.  They have seen a increasing growth of Muslims that are inquiring.  The people's hearts are open and fertile ground right now.

The Lord is definitely moving in a great way.  I am so fortunate to live in this time and see these things happen.  The scriptures are bouncing off the page of news articles virtually every day.  I believe the prophets would have given everything they had to live and see what we are seeing.   

It is incumbent on us to pray DAILY for those that are making the people aware of the Gospel and those who are turning to Yeshua.  

Hello OldCoot! Did you see the two videos under Bible Topics of two Muslim conversions? Worth checking out IMHO.

Cheers!!! 

8 minutes ago, Equippers said:

hello

i am from nz

Then there should be no problems finding Christian doctors. Perhaps this organization can help'

Can you request a second opinion?

Here's the google results om New Zealand Christian attorneys.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Christian+lawyers+in+New+Zealand&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS794US794&oq=Christian+lawyers+in+New+Zealand&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64.15239j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Cheers!!! 

1 hour ago, Equippers said:

thank you the question is how to find a Christian physician.

Hi Equippers. If you are allowed to request a second opinion, stipulate that you want it from a Christian doctor. Where are you located?

Hello Equippers! Do you have any options for a second opinion preferably by an accredited physician from another, unaffiliated medical institution than the one treating you to show impartiality? Do you have a lawyer representing you? A Christian attorney and Christian physician for a second opinion would seem to be your best defense IMHO. 

Praying that this issue gets resolved justly and that you receive the help God deems best for you.

Sincerely!!! ? 

9 hours ago, Debp said:

I didn't know Texas had alligators.  I guess you must have to watch where you step?  Oh, and the Copperheads, too!   What part of Texas has them?  I have a friend who moved to Tyler, Texas years back so she could buy a home.   Does that area have alligators?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_alligator

Texas to North Carolina Debp!

Cheers!!! 

5 hours ago, Debp said:

That's so awful about it killing so much sealife!!!  We haven't heard about it on our news.  I wonder how long it will last?

Hi Debp. No one really knows. It's the worst Red Tide on record and already has put several businesses that rely on tourist effectively out of business. Like the first link explains, this is a natural occurrence that is part of nature's balance, but in the last 70 plus years is progressively exacerbated by human agriculture, industry, and population density (creating sewage run off). All these activities put excessive amounts of phosphorous and nitrogen in the water, which these algae thrive on. Between the toxic chemicals they produce from digesting nutrients and the shear density of them, what doesn't get killed bu the toxic agents suffocates because these creature deplete the water of oxygen. You simply cannot imagine seeing so many floating dead fish that the water under them isn't visible at all! Between the difficulty breathing near the water and the smell of rotting fish and other sea creatures, you can't go to the beaches here. That this extends out to 40 miles offshore, and boating is no longer an option either, including offshore sport fishing which is a major industry in Florida. Add to this the crap that is still covering large portions of the Gulf bottom from that Horizon oil platform disaster, it's a wonder anything is alive out there. The Gulf is also a major spawning ground for many fish and sea life species, including Giant Bluefin Tuna, and we're looking at decades of recovery time, assuming this magnitude of Red Tide does not happen again. That's unlikely though as the cost of prevention is too great.  The last major red Tide was in 2006 and that wiped out a lot of sealife, even though it was no where as extensive as what's happening now. Back then the political BS was how the State would resolve this. Yeah, they helped make it worse. I live about 15 miles as the crow flies from the Gulf, and on days with a decent west wind, I can detect the algae toxins in the air. They are very slight, but they are there. 

Ok, enough whining for me today!

Cheers!!! 

42 minutes ago, Debp said:

Those Pythons can get quite long...then probably released in RockyMidnight's neck of the woods in FL!

Years ago someone released a large alligator in Lake Los Angeles.   The city kept trying to catch him, no success.   They thought of calling in Steve Irwin.   They fenced in the lake.  One day "Reggie" was sunning himself so they finally caught him!  They put him in the Los Angeles Zoo.  Funny thing was, when he first got there, he escaped!   When the employees arrived early in the morning, they found him crawling across their parking lot!

Good Morning Debp! I've never seen any of these snakes as they mostly have made their way into the sawgrss marshes and Everglades. Hope never to see one either!

Cheers!!! 

23 hours ago, Debp said:

Interesting, brief video of how an Isis leader found the Lord!

 

This is a must listen to testimony. Very eye opening about conversions to Christ happening in Iran and the state of Christianity here in the US! Something FriendUffThayLord has been posting about.

Cheers!!! 

I need a barf bag! 

Cheers!!! 

4 minutes ago, Debp said:

Get along little doggie.  (As said by cowboys!)

https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2018/08/28/harmful-algal-blooms-florida/?ea.tracking.id=18HPXGJAXX&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0OSUj_y23QIV10wNCh0bdQ6PEAAYASAAEgJ6uvD_BwE

http://myfwc.com/redtidestatus

If the shoe fits, wear it. (Also applies to any other footwear).

Cheers!!! 

3 hours ago, Blood Bought 1953 said:

 Egg on my face...

Raw, poached, soft boiled, scrambled, sunny up, or over easy? 

Cheers!!! 

2 hours ago, Debp said:

Right... alligators, Pythons and Boa Constrictors, spider as big as saucers....did I miss anything?

Quite a lot actually. Do you have a day to read? 

Cheers!!!