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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...
Esther 9:29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
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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...
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Job 14:17 My transgression [is] sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
Metaphorically described by Job, our sins are collected and fastened, but they are in the books. Only confession to Jesus of our sins can remove them and loosen them for “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). So, do you have any unconfessed sins, or has God freely forgiven you because you have confessed them all? This is grace at the finest act for there is no other way to be saved.
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Words Mean Things...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
God is not in the business of striking people when they tell a lie or commit any sin for that matter. “From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 4:17). However, there is a great risk that people will choose to go deeper into sin “Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil” (Ecclesiastes 8:11). True repentance is when a person knows something to be sinful and stops without waiting for the consequence. Those that persist in carrying out the sin and then is sorry in the end only when consequences happen, they are then only sorry because of the consequence. So, do you wait for consequences before repenting, or do you listen to God’s call to repent before the consequences begin and do so immediately?
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Evening Thought...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Luke 10:30 And Jesus answering said, A certain [man] went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded [him], and departed, leaving [him] half dead.
Spiritually speaking, Jerusalem is where God resides, as in the temple was there. Jericho, on the other hand, was anything but godly. Therefore, we can say the action shows a turning away from the godly to the ungodly, though this was physically just a simple journey back home after a feast day celebration or business being conducted in Jerusalem. Keep in mind, these things are not recorded in the Bible as mere facts or many other facts would be recorded then? But focusing upon the spiritual application once again, is there anything in this world (Jericho) that is distracting you from wholly being committed to God (Jerusalem), or do you live in complete obedience to God in all that you “eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do” (1 Corinthians 10:31)?
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