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19 minutes ago, Dennis1209 said:

are angels allowed to preach the Gospel of Grace to men?

The passage in Acts 10, does not have angels preaching the gospel, instead they deliver  a message .

,“Your prayers and gifts to the poor have been received by God as an offering! 5 Now send some men to Joppa, and summon a man named Simon Peter. 6 He is staying with Simon, a tanner who lives near the seashore.”

A gels are servants of God and he uses them as he sees fit.

On 2/21/2024 at 10:16 PM, Gabriel80 said:

I completed my tithing

It good to learn you have resolved your queries about giving.

It's good to see someone being responsible  about where and how their giving is used.

18 hours ago, Neighbor said:

I wonder when does being frugal become miserly?

When you have a need, the means to meet that need but don't meet it. That is miserly.

Small tablets with Internet access are cheap and if you shop around you can find reconditioned  PCs, laptops etc etc for a fraction of the cost of a brand new machine. This is being frugal.

On 2/20/2024 at 4:33 PM, believeinHim said:

could say that a good portion of my Disability income is invested in the likes of places like Sears, And Macy's and etc. That is the majority of what my Disability income is invested in to. 

If you want to save money stop spending on unnecessary  items.

If you are contributing  to the rent and other bills but are having to also buy additional  food items you need to negotiate  a reduction  of your rent etc.

We are not under the law I  that we are not judged by our fulfilling the law, but the .aw shows us how God wants us to .I've, so Weare required to .I've as the law dictates.

As Jesus said " 23 Jesus replied, ‘Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me." John 14.

If we love Jesus we will show that love by our obedience. 

The amusing  thing  is, mention this to Christians and they react as if they love blasphemy, murder and adultery!

On 2/10/2024 at 8:07 PM, CaptWalker said:

am asking about this primarily due to a family member who whole-heartedly backs the Confederacy and there cause during the war, and has shown me very old clippings and/or articles from that time period about Negro/African Americans who supported and even fought on the Confederate side

You need to challenge him to say where these articles came from and to submit them to historians.

The result of my search is :-https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/black-confederates-truth-and-legend

and this site repeatedly states there are no records of confederate black units, no letters or after the war books, articles that mention confederate black units or serving with or along side such units.

It does show an altered picture of a black militia with US officers altered to be a confederate unit.

the Web site has records of 7 accou ts where a few armed blacks were encountered. 

Without more information, sources this is highly unlikely  to have happed

On 2/13/2024 at 8:24 PM, believeinHim said:

My mom is selling the mobility scooter, And making it more difficult for me to store it if I buy my own. We are moving in to somewhere smaller, and she is selling the current mobility scooter.

Who is the owner of the mobility scooter? If you are, why is your mother selling it?

If it was bought for your use, what are they doing  about replacing it?

Talk to them about your needs.

Do they care about you? Are they prepared to help you? If you don't have a scooter will they give you a lift to church and come and collect you?

18 hours ago, faithfull-prophet4040 said:

So does that mean, even the son of God though BEING more superior than others, shouldnt THINK of himself that way?

Jesus had every reason to think he was superior to mere human, but he was very  aware that the reason he was incarnated was to serve mankind, as a teacher and as an atoning sacrifice.

As he was sinless pride was not part of his character.

5 minutes ago, FJK said:

But God can, what rules of his would apply that we should conform our own rules to?

OK  what are those rules?

40 minutes ago, FJK said:

Would that mean not inviting them into your house to live among you and your family but locking them outside instead?

One  cannot form a universal set of rules, each situation has to be judged on its own merits.

A family member who will not comply  with your house rules does not have the right of access into your home.

One can show love and compassion to an abusive person, finding them somewhere to stay, paying for them, providing food etc.

Paul laid out how to deal with a Christia  who wouldn't follow a Christian life style.

Sometimes all one can do is pray.

Belief in the existence  of God is a beginning, that belief has to generate  action.

Matt 25:

The Parable of the Ten Virgins
25 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’

9 “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

The wise were trimming  their lamp wicks and topping them up with oil, that implies the lamps had been burning all the time they were waiting.

How did they light a lamp?  Most likely with a light from a fire or some other flame,  otherwise with a flint, steel and tinder.

23 hours ago, faithfull-prophet4040 said:

if your enemy was possessed, and there was nothing YOU OR OTHERS COULD DO TO CAST IT OUT, and the person did wicked things too you, and plots against you to hurt you, and just flat out is terrible to you or I should say the demon does them thing's.  I Guess my question is should you still give bread to him and drink  and shelter too him and show him love love?

We are to show love to our human enemies, not to demonic enemies.

Your problem is correctly identifying your oppressor as being possessed. 

But how should one behave towards  someone who clearly is intending one harm. Basically avoid them as much as possible.

17 hours ago, blessings from above said:

often have problems measuring up to the standards my mother has imposed upon me and wished I could become a better person in her eyes. 

Are your parents  still alive? If they are may I suggest you ask 5hem are they ashamed of you or proud of you?

This should enable you to start laying aside the burdens from your mother.

17 hours ago, blessings from above said:

Dear lord I pray that I press on towards the mark and allow god to lead me in the path of righteousness he has in store for me. In the end his righteous path will allow me to enter heaven while dutifully following him

We obtain heaven only because it is a gift we don't  deserve and cannot earn.

12 hours ago, faithfull-prophet4040 said:

I believe in jesus, and that he did miracles and that he is the son of God, but i just have a hard time accepting him as my Lord and Savior because i'v always been taught that God is the Alpha and Omega  and the Almighty soverign over all king. so i feel that if i accept Jesus as my lord and savior I may be making a mistake

I not sure what you are concerned about?

Jesus is the son of God, part of the trinity as can be seen at Jesus's  baptism.

Matt 3:16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”

Belief in Jesus is the same as be.ief in God the Father, it is not slighting either of them.

On 2/1/2024 at 7:55 PM, wolly said:

This isn't about stress this is about the continous state of struggling,loneliness and pressured by others.

I have no life and I have no idea what to do!

Life can be very hard when one is own one's own with no family  or friends to get help or advice from.

That said can you change jobs to one that is less stressful,  could you meet all your bills, could you lower your costs in some way. 

Otherwise as TFK has said get involved with a local chu4ch.

Check out there Web sites, watch any online services, even email the minister with questions and give them a try.

To make friends one has to b3 friendly, which means opening ones self to the possibility of rejection.

Look out for the people on the fringe, often they are struggling to be accepted so try and befriend them.

21 hours ago, FJK said:

No, I accept that they are one.  An indivisible  whole that works in conjunction with itself in total and inseparable unity.

You believe something g incredible  and unbiblical. 

Jesus became man, was obedient to his Father's will, clearly had thoughts and feelings that were different to his Father's and he sent the Holy Spirit out on his return.

These all show that the trinity involves three separate  yet united in one individuals.

Don't  they have a Web site giving details of what they believe, tim3s of services, date and times of women's events and midweek bible studies etc etc.

Some churches even put recordings of services on line or live stream them.

6 hours ago, believeinHim said:

The church that I want to go to, they expect the women to dress nice and wear dresses to church, etc. They dress up on Sunday mornings. I don't know how to ride a scooter in a dress. Lol.

If that church is within the range of your scooter start attending it.

Address your fears about conforming to dress codes by contacting the minister. 

Ask would he be mortally  offender by the sight of a girl in pants on a mobility scooter  attending his church.

Regardless of what he says go to the church, start meeting people.

19 hours ago, FJK said:

So, in essence it would be the same as the right hand praying to the left hand to do something for it?

I don't believe that way.

So you accept they are individuals, that the Son can ask the Father to do something that the Son cannot do.

6 hours ago, FJK said:

Did not Jesus say "I and the Father are one"?

Are you trying to separate them into two different entities?

They are two different entities.

God the Father is not God the Son just as God the Son is not God the Father.

They are however one in the trinity and one in purpose.

6 hours ago, Renskedejonge said:

If they didn't forgive them they wouldn't pray for them

That is an assumption. The words of Jesus's  prayer is " Father forgive them."

He is handing the task over to God the Father.

We can and should pray for those who hurt or hate us, it is part of doing good to those who persecute us and there is no requirement in that to forgive them.

There is a requirement for us to be open and honest with God about them and about our feelings.

17 minutes ago, SavedbyGrace31 said:

" Can I put my foot down here without looking and feeling completely heartless? Should I talk to her about what I saw on social media and ask her about what's really going

Of course you can say no. You are under no obligation to just give because she or anyone else asks.

If she asks for cash again, tell her you will get back to her and promptly  check her Facebook account, who is she in contact with etc.

Then get back to her and point out that she has been meeting, doing what ever events with these people.e so why won't  they help her.

If she persists ask what did the local food bank say to her request for help?

What happened to her request for help from the state or other charities?

Keep on asking why other people cannot help her?

Your final question is , ' you have borrowed tell her how much, when are you repaying it?'

What ever answer she gives about her repaying tell you are not loaning or giving her any money and say good bye.

Unfriend her on Facebook and block her phone number.

On 2/2/2024 at 4:15 AM, D. Adrien said:

Jesus forgave all those involved in His scourging and crucifixion while hanging on the cross. None of them had repented.

Luke 23:24 Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”

Strange, Jesus asks his Father to do something and it is read as Jesus is doing it.

No Jesus and Stephen did Not forgive their killers.

They prayed for their killers that God would forgive them.

On 2/1/2024 at 6:14 PM, Renskedejonge said:

But I saw Jewish women who forgave Mengele. That really baffled me. He's already in hell. Maybe it was better for themselves.

You got it in one.

When there is no repentance, saying one forgives an offender is really just to make one feel good.