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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...
Psalms 20:9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
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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
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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, March 2, 2026
Job 27:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Some of chapter 26 and 27 are parables, which means that it is not literal. Jesus spoke many parables and they were not literal. In other words, we cannot base solid doctrine on them. Sheep and goats are not literally going to Heaven. There was no literal shepherd on earth that left ninety-nine sheep to go find the lost sheep, but there is a heavenly Shepherd that left the watch care of the other planets to come and save the one planet that went astray. Likewise, the rich man and Lazarus parable is not about going to Heaven and Hell immediately upon death. So, are you careful of what you read into parables realizing they are symbolic, or do you try to build unintended doctrine from these symbolic messages?
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Words Mean Things...
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Many think God has a checklist to make sure humans are pretty much kept out of Heaven. This cannot be any further from the truth, and it is so sad so many think that way. Of course, there are those that believe any lifestyle is acceptable to God, and that is not true either. Jesus said “For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save [them]” (Luke 9:56). That means He is willing to work with us at any stage of our lives, be it in sin, struggling with sin, having relapses, or even having victory over sin. “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, are you clinging to Jesus to save you, or have you given up thinking you are beyond saving despite everything that Heaven has been trying to do to get you into Heaven without bringing sin into it?
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Evening Thought...
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Luke 17:37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body [is], thither will the eagles be gathered together.
That is not the sky where the eagles fly. Jesus said elsewhere, “For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together” (Matthew 24:28). We do not want to be taken because we will become eagle food. We want to be left behind or said better, “we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:17). The word “remain” and “left behind” are synonyms. So, are you living a life that ends with become eagle food or being raptured at the second coming to Jesus?
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