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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...
Judges 2:23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
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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...
Friday, October 18, 2019
Isaiah 26:10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, [yet] will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Unconverted people, called “wicked” from God’s perspective, will take advantage of being shown favor. They do not change. They are called wicked because they are. And worse yet, have such people become part of a group of upright people, and such unconverted persons will eventually deal unjustly with them. The unconverted are incapable of seeing the majesty of God. They simply see how they can advantage themselves. So, have you learned the way of righteousness, or do you take advantage of God’s mercy continuing to sin?
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Words Mean Things...
Friday, October 18, 2019
A person who makes themselves dependent upon another is not free, which oppressive controlling powers are of Satan (Exodus 3:9) while freedom is of God (John 8:32). This does not apply to certain family relations. Spouses become dependent upon each other, and children are dependent upon parents, which are all normal. But when we give others authority over our possessions, our coming and going, etc., then we are subject to their whims. It starts out friendly by offering help, but over time, such authority can lead to corruption and misuse of that authority in many cases. So, how do you inadvertently allow others to control your life? Do you carry much debt (the most popular control of them all)?
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Evening Thought...
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Matthew 13:23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth [it]; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
As evidence of a converted person, they will go forth telling others so they too can be saved with the gospel. It does not matter how many accept it as we are not judged on quantity, but the desire to go and share the gospel with as many as possible is evidence that the love for others has been born. That is real conversion. Anyone sharing the gospel because “it’s what Christians do” is just fake and are not real Christians. Those that believe in “Whatever others believe is just fine with them and we ought not bother them” is an unconverted soul. So, are you bearing fruit or not?
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