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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...
Nehemiah 9:16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
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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 30, 2020
Isaiah 41:8 But thou, Israel, [art] my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Abraham is “a father of many nations” (Genesis 17:4). Israel is the name we are to work the gospel through keeping in mind that “not all Israel, which are of Israel”, so the name Jacob refers to the chosen ones. Are you a chosen one or are you in name only “Christian”?
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Words Mean Things...
Friday, October 30, 2020
WE ARE NOT SAVED BY JUSTIFICATION ALONE! (69): Matthew 4:7 says, “Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.” This is after Satan tempted Jesus to perform a purposeful and sinful act of “cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone” (Matthew 4:6). Christians tempt the Lord with their unholy living all of the time. By ignoring the Ten Commandments and careless living yet claiming to be saved by grace and are expecting God, who cast out Adam and Eve for the slightest offense to God’s commandments and the devil and his angels out of Heaven for coveting the throne of God, to simply allow us to walk into Heaven with a history of a ton of sins without repenting for a single one. Many Christians claim to be able to purposely “minister” in questionable places, like bars, parties, and such. Many Christians purposefully ignore God’s statements to casting away every evil before our eyes and every evil entering into our ears claiming that it is powerless entertainment. To avoid purposeful acts of sin and temptation is holy living. We are to do everything that is in our power to control to avoid placing ourselves in tempting situations while claiming God will keep us. So, do you purposely tempt God, or do as Jesus says and keep yourself from purposeful and careless exposure to sin?
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Evening Thought...
Friday, October 30, 2020
Matthew 22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Of course, this will not literally happen. No one will attend the marriage feast and be kicked out; they simply will not be there. This is a parable, which is not factual, but the principle stands. If we do not take on Christ’s righteousness but choose to stay in our filthy sinfulness, we too will be where there is gnashing of teeth – hell. So, what spiritual clothing are you wearing? Christ’s righteousness or your own sinfulness? [Please remember, 99% righteous and 1% sinful is 100% filthy.]
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