listener24 Posted April 1, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 43 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 650 Content Per Day: 0.28 Reputation: 759 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/23/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted April 1, 2019 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Neighbor said: It is also said: Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? Brother, am I striving with my Maker by obeying praying the prayer He taught us to pray and understanding it? Edited April 1, 2019 by listener24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted April 1, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 953 Topics Per Day: 0.35 Content Count: 13,589 Content Per Day: 5.03 Reputation: 9,056 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/04/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/03/1885 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Even so, Lord Jesus come or "Maranatha", is my prayer, but so often amended by me very selfishly of my heart's strong desire that time pass that my own, those known to me hear and heed the call of God the Holy Spirit to know Jesus as their Lord God and savior. And for that I do also ask Lord may God The Father have You tarry yet a while longer. All that are to be saved have been predestined as well as foreknown to God. I cannot be so arrogant as to demand He close creation out setting my will above His sovereignty,what a silly demand that would be from me. My concern is to be the soldier in Christ Jesus not a rogue not a complainer not a clever person thinking up oddities and diversions from that which God has set this clay to be. And so I say Maranatha knowing it is the providence of sovereign God The Father to tell Jesus God The Son when He has completed and readied a place for His bride for the honeymoon, and not me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listener24 Posted April 1, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 43 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 650 Content Per Day: 0.28 Reputation: 759 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/23/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted April 1, 2019 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Neighbor said: Even so, Lord Jesus come or "Maranatha", is my prayer, but so often amended by me very selfishly of my heart's strong desire that time pass that my own, those known to me hear and heed the call of God the Holy Spirit to know Jesus as their Lord God and savior. And for that I do also ask Lord may God The Father have You tarry yet a while longer. All that are to be saved have been predestined as well as foreknown to God. I cannot be so arrogant as to demand He close creation out setting my will above His sovereignty,what a silly demand that would be from me. My concern is to be the soldier in Christ Jesus not a rogue not a complainer not a celever person thinking up oddities and diversions from that which God has set this clay to be. And so I say Maranatha knowing it is the providence of sovereign God The Father to tell Jesus God The Son when He has completed and readied a place for His bride for the honeymoon, and not me. I don' t pray the Lord to come as a selfish desire of my own. I pray it for all the persecuted Christians around the world. They pray it too "Ask and you will receive" said the Lord He didn't say "ask and my sovereignty will be challenged" or anything you have written. You can find many pastors teaching this. Adrian Rogers to start with. I am specifying cause you said that what I am writing is odd. It's not. With love Edited April 1, 2019 by listener24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted April 1, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 953 Topics Per Day: 0.35 Content Count: 13,589 Content Per Day: 5.03 Reputation: 9,056 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/04/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/03/1885 Share Posted April 1, 2019 1 minute ago, listener24 said: Brother, am I striving with my Maker by obeying praying the prayer He taught me to pray and understanding it, thus avoiding making it a vain repetition and a babbling? That is between you and my Lord. As for me I will have to let guidance found at 2 Timothy 2, and also Titus, prevail. That is to avoid vain arguments and foolish things that distract from doing all that each believer in Christ Jesus is to be about doing to His glory alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listener24 Posted April 1, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 43 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 650 Content Per Day: 0.28 Reputation: 759 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/23/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted April 1, 2019 7 minutes ago, Neighbor said: That is between you and my Lord. As for me I will have to let guidance found at 2 Timothy 2, and also Titus, prevail. That is to avoid vain arguments and foolish things that distract from doing all that each believer in Christ Jesus is to be about doing to His glory alone. I hope you don't consider our discussion vain argument. I consider it a constructive conversation and was glad to hear your points though I disagree. Your brother in Christ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlelambseativy Posted April 1, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 230 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 4,941 Content Per Day: 0.95 Reputation: 2,003 Days Won: 14 Joined: 02/08/2010 Status: Offline Share Posted April 1, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Neighbor said: Even so, Lord Jesus come or "Maranatha", is my prayer, but so often amended by me very selfishly of my heart's strong desire that time pass that my own, those known to me hear and heed the call of God the Holy Spirit to know Jesus as their Lord God and savior. And for that I do also ask Lord may God The Father have You tarry yet a while longer. All that are to be saved have been predestined as well as foreknown to God. I cannot be so arrogant as to demand He close creation out setting my will above His sovereignty,what a silly demand that would be from me. My concern is to be the soldier in Christ Jesus not a rogue not a complainer not a celever person thinking up oddities and diversions from that which God has set this clay to be. And so I say Maranatha knowing it is the providence of sovereign God The Father to tell Jesus God The Son when He has completed and readied a place for His bride for the honeymoon, and not me. And that is the rub, the whole point to all Christians who want the rapture now...who of our family or friends may be left behind because of our own selfish desire for Jesus to come now. Yes, all of us want this to end, as we see right turned into wrong and Christians hated for our beliefs, but who will we not see partaking in the ‘the saints’ and angels’ song in heaven with us? Our timing is right in our own eyes but the Father knows the when not us and His timing is perfect. Heaven won’t be the same if we are missing one person who should be there Edited April 1, 2019 by Littlelambseativy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listener24 Posted April 1, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 43 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 650 Content Per Day: 0.28 Reputation: 759 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/23/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted April 1, 2019 19 minutes ago, Littlelambseativy said: who of our family or friends may be left behind because of our own selfish desire for Jesus to come now. I am also concerned for the unreached. We should be missionaries wherever we are. At the same time there will always be people who are not in Christ at any point in human history. Following this logic, the Rapture/Second Coming would never happen because there will be always someone who hope it comes as late as possible so that their family member may change their mind. Instead, God doesn' t follow this logic evidently since He promised that it will happen but He also let us know that many will be left. Billions of people keep borning in this world, getting tempted and refusing Christ' s Salvation. Every single second more people are persecuted and more people are in danger to be tempted and overcome by the world. That is why the Lord taught us to pray: "Maranatha. Come quickly Lord" Otherwise He would have taught to pray "come slowly" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlelambseativy Posted April 1, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 230 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 4,941 Content Per Day: 0.95 Reputation: 2,003 Days Won: 14 Joined: 02/08/2010 Status: Offline Share Posted April 1, 2019 Aah, but our Heavenly Father has the number of those who will accept Jesus but not all are ready or have accepted His Son as their redeemer. He is waiting for those to say “Yess!” to Jesus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne222 Posted April 1, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 32 Topic Count: 476 Topics Per Day: 0.17 Content Count: 6,559 Content Per Day: 2.28 Reputation: 7,638 Days Won: 9 Joined: 06/12/2016 Status: Offline Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 32 minutes ago, Littlelambseativy said: And that is the rub, the whole point to all Christians who want the rapture now...who of our family or friends may be left behind because of our own selfish desire for Jesus to come now. Yes, all of us want this to end, as we see right turned into wrong and Christians hated for our beliefs, but who will we not see partaking in the ‘the saints’ and angels’ song in heaven with us? Our timing is right in our own eyes but the Father knows the when not us and His timing is perfect. Heaven won’t be the same if we are missing one person who should be there HI I don't think it's selfish at all to want the lords return. Yes we want all to be saved. I just want it to speed up lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlelambseativy Posted April 1, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 230 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 4,941 Content Per Day: 0.95 Reputation: 2,003 Days Won: 14 Joined: 02/08/2010 Status: Offline Share Posted April 1, 2019 O boy don’t we all...that’s the problem with humans. We want everything now.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts