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...
Ezekiel 13:18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the [women] that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive [that come] unto you?
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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...
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Job 8:4-6 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
In modern examples, the same false accusation could be spoken of as, “If you were right with God, then you would not struggle so much”, “If you were right with God, you wouldn’t be sick”, etc. Jesus struggled a lot; Paul had a health issue that God would not take away; Elijah had plenty of problems; etc. So, do you think people who suffer in one form or another are not of God, or do you see, perhaps, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby” (John 11:4) along with other challenges in life, beyond sickness, still is for God’s glory?
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Words Mean Things...
Monday, October 28, 2024
Respect goes a long way. King Ahaziah sent three groups to fetch Elijah. Each group consisted of a captain and fifty men. The first two captains demanded that Elijah go with them. In response, fire came down and burned up each group. The third captain, “fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight” (2 Kings 1:13). Not only did the captain and his fifty men survive, Elijah went with them (2 Kings 1:15). Now, even when you disagree with someone, do you handle things respectfully?
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Evening Thought...
Monday, October 28, 2024
Luke 7:48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
If you have confessed your sins (1 John 1:9), do you believe you are forgiven?
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