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Adam was perfect, before he fell. (Context=and God (Elohim pl.) Said that it was good). If God says that it is good, then it is. The second adam, Jesus did not fall, and was/is perfect Jesus is The only way to The Father. No other way. Thomas said of Jesus 'my Lord and my God'= O Theo=The God...Jesus is God. He is the image of The invisible God. Thomas saw God, and was acknowledged for recognising Who He really was. Able's offering was 'accepted' by God, cains's was not (context= abel gave his best, cain gave second best) Jesus said (to multitudes) 'therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect' (matt 5:48)

No. The Bible says 'Without holiness no-one will see The Lord'

IF we confess our sin, He is faithful and just to forgive us. We have an advocate with The Father, Jesus Christ The Righteous.

I have heard people say 'God hates the sin, but loves the sinner'. does He really? Those verses in proverbs list seven things that He hates. Exodus 20 'you shall not bear false witness' Whoever wrote Psalm 119, said 'I hate and abhor lying' The psalmist even said to The Lord 'do I not hate what You hate'? Christians teach that God is love, and we know that He is (John 3:16), but do we avoid those things that He doesn't love?

How does God feel about liars? How do we? Do we tell lies Without realising? Is lying hypocrisy? What about pathological liars?

There are a couple of people in my family. I finally had to admit to The Lord, that I just don't like them. I know it's a terrible thing to admit, but it's the truth! I'm waiting on Him to change me, or them, or whatever. His will be done

Sometimes, a friend in need, can be a pest

He turned water into wine in a split second, so yes. My question is, why did it take Him six days?

Acts 19 11 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. 13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.” 14 Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so. 15 And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” 16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

I only get things in my waking hours too. I'll force myself to go to sleep, just to get something, anything from Him. It hasn't happened for a while though (or haven't noticed).

Isaiah 57 1 The righteous perishes, And no man takes it to heart; Merciful men are taken away, While no one considers That the righteous is taken away from evil. 2 He shall enter into peace; They shall rest in their beds, Each one walking in his uprightness.

I believe that God has utilised the 'idea' of a pandemic, via medicine and media (what humanity trusts in) to purge wheat from chaff. Brave thread shalom my friend, shalom, the peace of The Lord I give you today, shalom

'My strength I wait for you, The Lord is my defence' Psalm 59

"Jesus wept" John 11:35

Isa 26:3 You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, distractions are all around me/us...

Yes. And malevolent.

Amen

Jer. 20: 7 O Lord, You induced me, and I was persuaded; You are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I am in derision daily; Everyone mocks me. Read full chapter

Why? Oh Sorry I should have read on Ps. I love that the KJV says "The Lord will provide HIMSELF a sacrifice... King James Bible Genesis 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide [H]himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

Psalm 119:87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not (T)thy precepts.

Many a mickle maketh a muckel

nkjv of micah 5:2 is even better "...Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.”

My favourite psalm

Isaiah 10:27 It shall come to pass in that day That (H)his burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And (H)his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil. Matt. 11:30. "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light Matt. 11:30.” Luke 7:38b ...and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil.

Lev. 16 20 And when he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the tabernacle of meeting, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat. 21 Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man. 22 The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness... ...matthew 4 1-11