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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...
Amos 9:15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
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Free Online Bible Study Time
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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...
Monday, April 6, 2026
Job 28:10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
Worldly people see the treasures hidden in the earth as being precious, but to the Christian, what is most precious to you? Maybe we should actually ask, Who is most precious to you?
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Words Mean Things...
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
At the time of Jesus’ ascension, Jesus “was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight” (Acts 1:9). That was a physical cloud beholding a physical Jesus. Then the witnesses were told, “this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven” (Acts 1:11). There are no further words given to suggest any other type of second coming or a mini-second coming. In fact, Jesus even said, “For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be” (Matthew 24:27). The whole sky will light up when Jesus returns! And, “he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him” (Revelation 1:7). So, no wonder those who believe in a secret rapture keep getting the dates wrong. Now, are you still holding out for Jesus to come in a different manner than was told to us nearly two-thousand years ago, or do understand that we have but one event to be looking forward to when all we get to see Him come at the same time?
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Evening Thought...
Monday, April 6, 2026
Luke 18:33 And they shall scourge [him], and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
We have multiple references to Jesus’ resurrection. The confusion comes in when you couple this with the words of Jesus, Who also said, “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth” (Matthew 12:40). Here, in Luke 18:33, it states that some time on the third day, He would rise while the account in Matthew appears to be a seventy-two hour period. The difference is that the “heart of the earth” does not mean the grave. It is inclusive of the agreement that Judas made to turn over Jesus to the authorities, the actual act of betrayal, the trials, the crucifixion, burial, and resurrection. The sinful ways of this planet, called earth, finally had the opportunity to do whatever they wanted to Jesus. As Jesus said, “to day and to morrow, and the third [day] I shall be perfected” (Luke 13:32) regarding casting out devils and curing, we see how Jesus counted the days. So, Thursday night to Friday night was His process of death from capture to burial; Friday night to Saturday night was Him resting in the tomb; and sometime between Saturday night and Sunday night, like before the sunrise Sunday morning, was considered the time for His resurrection being the third day. So, there is no contradiction but simply human misconception of what the earth refers to. Now, are you part of the group that believes Jesus died on a Wednesday ignoring the Sabbath references of the Ten Commandments, or do you see the words of Jesus here explaining that before seventy-two hours were up, He would rise, which fits perfectly with at Friday afternoon crucifixion and a Sunday morning resurrection?
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