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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 13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
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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...
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Job 7:18 And [that] thou shouldest visit him every morning, [and] try him every moment?
Mornings indeed can be trying, especially in Job’s situation, but do you consider starting off each day with prayer, committing yourself to serving God the whole day long?
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Words Mean Things...
Monday, October 21, 2024
We are told that not even the devil can make us sin, yet the book of 1 Kings says otherwise: “all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin” (1 Kings 16:13). There is no contradiction, but even in our day, a president, a congress can make people sin, or should we say, encourage people to sin. They do so by enacting laws that protect sin and other laws are enacted against those calling out sin. Couple that with those that are ignorant of God’s ways and think church service is a social club, especially since less than 4% of Christians spend any quality time in the Bible and accept it as God’s Word, Christians are caused to sin. However, the final choice is ours to make. So, do you go along with society and the legislative ways into sin, or do you resist sin by God’s grace?
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Evening Thought...
Monday, October 21, 2024
Luke 7:42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
Focusing upon the first half, we ought to also recognize we have nothing to pay for our debts, called sin. We cannot offer God more money in the collection plate seeing that all of it is His. We cannot be obedient from here on out as we are expected to be obedient always. There is nothing we can offer God for our sins. So, just how much do you appreciate the blood of Christ that takes away our sins (Matthew 26:28)?
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