Ervin P

In the following 1 Corinthians 12:10 4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. 7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another MIRACULOUS POWERS, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,[a] and to still another the interpretation of tongues.[b] 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines. mentions Spirits gift of miraculous powers among others. Now I am not saying that I don’t know anything about it but I was wandering are there any stories recent or from the past that mention some examples of any people who have had or have these miraculous powers and how they worked? Thanks

Probably not. But then again if you go silent and refuse to lie that might be a give away and someone gets killed. Then you’ve practically killed someone. I would like if I can answer with yes, it’s ok, but I can’t say that. i personally still sometimes say a lie to protect myself from what I believe is unjust wrong treatment, but I can’t say that’s good. Lie is a lie. If you are being tortured on an ongoing basis it can become easy to say a lie. But again, we can go silent, but that can amount to more torture, and what if you can’t handle it any more? What if you have been occasionally tortured for let’s say 11 years? What do you do? Thanks

Hi. So is it ever ok or good to lie? Let’s say that example where you are a German in Germany in a second world war and you are hiding Jews from nazis and the German soldiers come asking have you seen any Jews and you lie and say no in order to protect them from murder. Was that lie a good deed or bad deed? Is it ok or good for police to lie when investigating? Police prevent a lots of serious crimes all the time and most of their work is based on deception for good purposes. Is it ok for soldiers to deceive in order to defend the country. Is it ok for them to sneak up on enemy and spy and cary out secret attacks? How about camouflage? Is it ok for us to lie in order to save ourselves from unjust treatment? So basically my question is: Can it ever be said that lie is ok? or can it be ever said that lie is good? Thanks

Ok, I wanted to post the following from the Bible: 1 Timothy 5:23 Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses. Now, how much is little? When does it become to much? I am asking the same question obviously only this time I quoted the Bible. Is it ok to drink other alcoholic drinks like beer, vodka, etc. I ask since wine is mentioned, not whiskey for instance, which is why I drink only wine, red in my case. Thanks

Without me going into a lot I ask how much wine is not to much? My understanding is you could maybe have maybe every let’s say five days half a small standard coffee cup, so that way you don’t even get tipsy. i am a bit tipsy wright now, it’s wrong I know which is why I need to discuss with you brothers and sisters about wine( I happen to drink red). It’s how i deal with some pain sometimes, again which is wrong, so there you go I have another weakness that I might need help for. Don’t get me wrong, it’s been a long time that I have been drunk. It’s the physical pain that I feel from psychiatric medication that drove me today to have some wine and I know I shouldn’t but I have had some. I hope Our Heavenly Father forgives me in The Name Of Jesus Christ Nazarene Amen. Thanks

The following I posted on other site as well, so here is the paste: I just wanted to update that I pray a bit differently now. Yes I still believe and I do address God first, but now I say Our Heavenly Father, first, the I pray for whatever I pray for, then in the end I finish with, In The Name of Jesus Christ Nazarene Amen. Thanks

Hi Caitlin. There have been times in my life when I thought I wasn’t going to be forgiven for same and even worse reasons. Something you can do is read the following from the Bible: 1 Corinthians 12:3: Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit. So, whenever you might feel beyond forgiveness, say: Jesus is the Lord ofcourse, confess to Our Heavenly Father, pray for forgiveness and help in Jesus Christ name amen. Thanks

Just to ad that yes Bible talks of other things being idolatry as well as In the New Testament in Colossians 3:5: Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. But in this thread I would like to discuss people praying through saints, putting up crosses, statues of angels, and so on. Which is not upholding the first commandment of the Old Testament. Thanks

Are you people you saying that it’s ok to put up a cross with a representation of Jesus Christ crucified on a wall and bow down to it? I have seen on tv once priests in the church doing it. I think it was a catholic Church. i personally wouldn’t want to do anything like that, I have been involved in idolatry in so called buddhism, I also did Islamic prayers, so I have done serious sins of that sort in the past, I pray that Our Heavenly Father forgives me for that in Jesus Christ’s name amen. But now I wouldn’t have any pictures on the walls in my room of let’s say so called saints. Also, are those statues representing Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in any way actually looking like He did. My guess is that they would not bee looking anything like Him. So you have an inaccurate representation which in a form of deception. Personaly I think that first commandment of the Hebrew Scriptures is still to be upheld. Thanks Just to ad now that I edited it, I say so called saints because I don’t know if someone is a saint or not when it comes to let’s say catholic saints. Just because a pope said someone is a saint doesn’t mean he is. Otherwise I am not trying to offend real saints.

Hi. I just wanted to say that I have been contacted by a lady from the Hillsong Church and I have connected with them. Today I had the first online Zoom session with one of their groups over here in Melbourne/Australia and it went for about half an hour. They are lovely, friendly, zealous for doing good, and one thing I noticed is that they came across as very non judgmental Christians. I am very happy now that I got connected with them. It was absolute pleasure being in a meeting with them. It simply brought love and a sense of me wanting to be kinder. Thanks

Thanks Deb. It seems you’re a bit concerned and just to let you and anyone else that might be concerned know that I have just connected to Hillsong. From what I have been told is that they are a Bible Church. i know that there might be something that’s probably not necessarily perfect with them, but I think they are a good Church and thank God they answered. Thanks

Ok, I have contacted four churches all up here in Melbourne, Australia and only Quakers responded. Reasons as to why I started the other thread on the Seventh Day Adventist’s is because I was thinking of contacting them. As some of you might know I haven’t been baptised yet( I probably wouldn’t be able to right now because of very strict virus related restrictions over here in Melbourne). And Quakers don’t baptise. I mean really, is there a Church that’s totally right with everything or do we/I find the best we can and then do our best within that church, even though it might not be fully as we think it should be? Also, do we have to be a part of a church? And yes, I would love to hear about your denomination and why are you a part of that particular Church. Thanks

Hi. I was wondering for any insight into teachings of Ellen G White. I know that Seventh day Adventist’s uphold rather more of the Old Testament teachings compared to other churches. I have a book app on my phone and it has Ellen’s books and I do plan to read them but I am hoping that some of you might know about what they are like. Thanks Thanks

The following from the Bible seems as it might indicate that the satan and the demons can maybe take on a human form and live among us: Genesis 6:1:4 1 When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. 3 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal ; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. And at 2 Corinthians 11:14: 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve. Could the above verses mean that satan and other demons take on a human body and live among us? Thanks

Hi Not me. I haven’t heard of him and I personally don’t speak Arabic. I speak English obviously and what I would call souther Slavic language( Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin/ all the same language but they call it differently). I do have background in islam since my father was of muslim heritage( believer but not practising apart from fasting on ramadan). I am also familiar with buddhist teachings, and others like new age and what not. These days I’ll normally tell people that I think are ok with me telling them that that if they want the truth about God ( and His Only begotten Son) that the Bible is the only book there is, or some books that explain the Bible and that that’s it. Thanks