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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...
Luke 2:2 ([And] this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
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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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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...
Sunday, June 26, 2022
Esther 2:14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
This is one of the reasons the book of Esther is brought into question. She allowed herself to be given over to a pagan king sexually without the commitment of marriage, at first. Such activity is descriptive of seeing the words regarding the last days as being, “the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her” (Revelation 18:9). The good news is that such sin can be forgiven as well as all other sins: “I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ” (2 Corinthians 11:2). So, have you confessed all of your sins or are you still living in spiritual fornication?
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Words Mean Things...
Sunday, June 26, 2022
WE ARE NOT SAVED BY JUSTIFICATION ALONE! (547): James 5:19-20 says, “Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.” Please note that James is addressing the brethren. These are supposed “saved” Christians who are subject to the possibility of erring in the truth and in need of conversion. Further, that conversion saves them from the death sentence, hell. Even “sins” are involved, which, by definition, “sin is the transgression of the law” (1 John 3:4) and if unrepentant, causes one to lose out on eternal life, hence the message of Jesus being, “repent ye, and believe the gospel” (Mark 1:15). Therefore, the Ten Commandments are still expected to be followed, truth is to be submitted to, and we are not “once saved, always saved”, all of which adds up to the fact that Christians, once they are born-again and have been forgiven of all their sins, are expected to live the holy and sanctified life. So, are you converted keeping the commandments and obeying the truth, or are you in need of conversion as you participate in the worldly ways?
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Evening Thought...
Sunday, June 26, 2022
Mark 6:40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
After being commanded to sit in companies, the people obeyed. It may be considered a simple task, but the key focus is the obedience. Do you obey even upon simple commands of the Bible?
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