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Let's Be Like Daniel...
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. (Daniel 6:10)
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Random King James Bible Verse...
Matthew 11:6 And blessed is [he], whosoever shall not be offended in me.
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Please be aware that we address all sins, including of adult nature. Young children should not be free to be browsing all of the content, however, it is appropriate for young teens and upwards.
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Free Online Bible Study Time
Contact us regarding one-on-one online studies with a live person. We can conduct them via e-mail exchanges, messaging (chat), or video/audio method by something like Skype. Topics can be preset or if there's something on your mind. (Sign me up.)
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Basic Belief
This site is a non-denominational site not just being Bible based but solidly Bible structured.
We believe that we are saved alone by Jesus who "came into the world to save sinners." (1 Timothy 1:15).
But we also believe that he commanded us to "go, and sin no more" (John 8:11)
This is not in our strength but Jesus is "able to keep you from falling, and to present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy" (Jude 1:24).
We do believe that all of us are in ignorance to the full knowledge of God's ways, however, "the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent" (Acts 17:30).
And if our hearts are ever in love with God, then we should not be guilty of Jesus' words. "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil" (John 3:19).
To find out what we should and should not do, we believe we are to "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15).
Concluding there is a right way and many wrong ways to study, we use the method of "precept [must be] upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little" (Isaiah 28:10), which means that we pick a topic, collect all the verses and in so doing, we have God's Word and not our opinion.
And we believe that "All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works" (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Notice we are to learn from the scriptures to live righteous lives.
Intead, all we here is condemnation of any such thought, despite James writing, "Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works" (James 2:18).
In short, we are not saved by works but our works show evidence we are saved for we believe "to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness" (Romans 6:16).
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Morning Thought...
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Nehemiah 13:18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
Have you learned the lessons taught to those that came before us, or are you repeating history by following the ways of man instead of God, especially in the form of traditions (Mark 7:9)?
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Words Mean Things...
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Those who do not believe that people walk the streets of gold upon death point to Lazarus who lacked a story of such when he was resurrected (John 11:44). Seeing the event happened before the cross, many retort with the fact that Heaven was not opened yet, but still, that means Lazarus should have had a story about hell, purgatory, or some other waiting room but there is no biblical reference at all. So then, let us point to Tabitha whom Peter resurrected (Acts 9:40). This is definitely when “Heaven was opened”, yet she also lacks any story of an afterlife. In fact, the whole Bible lacks such stories. That is not by chance. That is because “the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten” (Ecclesiastes 9:5). Now do not misunderstand, there are specific people that indeed walk the streets of gold: Enoch (Genesis 5:24), Elijah (2 Kings 2:11), and Moses (Jude 1:9), along with those that resurrected with Jesus (Matthew 27:52-53). Outside of that, technically it is a pagan belief to think that the dead are still alive somewhere. Such belief cancels the need of the grand resurrection when Jesus returns (John 5:29). So, is the devil messing with you trying to convince you that people are alive in one form or another, or do you believe the scriptures that state, “His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish” (Psalms 146:4)?
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Evening Thought...
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Luke 4:9-10 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee.
Satan can quote scriptures really well too, in fact, he quotes it so well that conflicting beliefs and doctrines between denominations are no longer a red flag. That should mean something, but then again, Satan has successfully caused over 95% of Christians to toss out the Bible as the standard to test their preachers with, and in the remaining 5%, there is a larger portion of them that do not know how to properly use the Bible to test their preachers with. But, are you awake enough to realize that every denomination cannot be right, and if there is not a correct denomination, then Jesus lied when He said, “the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18)? [And no, Jesus did not lie, therefore, spend the energy to find that correct denomination.]
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