Looking for Jesus according to Mark

[JLG]

13 hours ago, JohnR7 said:

Yes, that is true. After I had congestive heart failure, I was in a coma for a week. The doctors said I jump from subject to subect. My brother said I have always been that way so they decided not to give me any treatment for it. That was actually in 2005 that they put the Medtronic fibulator in me. That is why I figure God has a plan and a reason for keeping me alive. Even if it is difficult to communicate with people in a way that they can understand. 

I usually do not talk about this, but you did ask me a direct question about it. I think to talk about stuff like this is kind of a negative confession of faith. God always has a plan and He tells us: Proverbs 3:5 "lean not on your own understanding".

- It is not a problem for me to understand you!

[JohnR7]

14 hours ago, kwikphilly said:

May you Receive All Wisdom & Understanding with the Heart & Mind if Christ Jesus

Yes, I attended a church where the pastor preached at least 170 sermons on different things that made up the mind of Christ. You could fill up a dictionary with them. 

5"Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: 6Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped," (Philippian 2:5)

This is pretty clear that there are things we are not expected to understand. In this passage, something having to do with Equality. But the pastor only did his teaching on the A part of the passage: "Let this mind be in you". He never got into B the "form of God" or C "equality with God". People will start to scream blasphemy if anyone went anywhere near to talking about that. 

[JohnR7]

5 hours ago, JLG said:

Was coma a consequence of your heart failure?

I never regained consciousness but they say it was drug induced. The odds of the fire department getting my heart going again was one in 1200 in the city I live in. I have seen a lot of people die so God must have a reason for keeping me alive. 

You would have to talk to my wife to see what the doctors told her. Because they did not know what to expect when they brought me out of the coma. I only remember my wife asking me if I knew who she was. I laughed, I was thinking of course I know who you are, your my wife LOL> 

[JohnR7]

4 hours ago, JLG said:

It is not a problem for me to understand you!

I did take four teacher training classes so I could learn how to better communicate. 

[JohnR7]

9 hours ago, JLG said:

Proper treatment can improve the signs and symptoms

I went though all the classes, so I studied up on all of that. Dr Ornish has done a lot of research and a lot of different diseases responds well to a good diet and exercise. People take a lot of years off of their life when they eat junk processed foods. 

[JLG]

21 hours ago, JohnR7 said:

I never regained consciousness but they say it was drug induced. The odds of the fire department getting my heart going again was one in 1200 in the city I live in. I have seen a lot of people die so God must have a reason for keeping me alive. 

You would have to talk to my wife to see what the doctors told her. Because they did not know what to expect when they brought me out of the coma. I only remember my wife asking me if I knew who she was. I laughed, I was thinking of course I know who you are, your my wife LOL> 

Although many people gradually recover from a coma, others enter a vegetative state or die. Some people who recover from a coma end up with major or minor disabilities. Complications can develop during a coma, including pressure sores, urinary tract infections, blood clots in the legs and other problems.20 nov. 2020

 

Coma - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

https://www.mayoclinic.org › coma › syc-20371099

 

- What happened with you?

 

- Do you remember?

[JLG]

17 hours ago, JohnR7 said:

I went though all the classes, so I studied up on all of that. Dr Ornish has done a lot of research and a lot of different diseases responds well to a good diet and exercise. People take a lot of years off of their life when they eat junk processed foods. 

- Do you havev a special diet and exercise?

[JLG]

16) Jesus vs the religious leaders

 

Mark 7: Jesus tells the Pharisees they disregard

the commandment of God in order to keep their

tradition. Thus they make the word of God invalid

by their tradition.

 

- They use man’s tradition against God’s word

to serve their own interest!

 

- They turn the truth into falseness and falseness

into the truth!

 

- They turn people away from God!

 

- They just bring emptiness!

[JohnR7]

16 hours ago, JLG said:

- What happened with you?

 

- Do you remember?

I was ok sleeping in the lazy boy chair but I wanted to lay down with my wife for a bit. My lungs filled up with fluids and I quit breathing. She performed CPR witing for the fire dept to use a defibulator to get my heart going. The last thing I remember is waking her up. 

[JohnR7]

16 hours ago, JLG said:

- Do you havev a special diet and exercise?

Of course. I only have one stint so it is not that serious.