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Mark 7:1-23 The heart of our issue is the corruption of our heart
Mark 7:1-23 The heart of our issue is the corruption of our heart
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John 20:19-31 The risen Savior overcomes the scars of skepticism
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John 20:19-31 The risen Savior overcomes the scars of skepticism
John 10:11-18 The Good Shepherd knows you. Make him known!
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John 10:11-18 The Good Shepherd knows you. Make him known!
John 15:1-8 The Christian’s life depends on his connection to Christ
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John 15:1-8 The Christian’s life depends on his connection to Christ
John 15:26-27; 16:4b-11 The Holy Spirit sets us straight
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John 15:26-27; 16:4b-11 The Holy Spirit sets us straight
Isaiah 6:1-8 The Triune God ushers the unclean into eternal worship.
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Isaiah 6:1-8 The Triune God ushers the unclean into eternal worship.
Mark 13:26-37 Watching for Jesus means living with his coming in focus
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Mark 13:26-37 Watching for Jesus means living with his coming in focus
Matthew 27:27-31 Hail the King who Suffered.
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Matthew 27:27-31 Hail the King who Suffered.
John 6:1-13 Thanking God for gifts to regift
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John 6:1-13 Thanking God for gifts to regift
Matthew 23:1-12 Practice who you preach
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Matthew 23:1-12 Practice who you preach
Matthew 25:1-13 Prepare to meet the bridegroom
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Matthew 25:1-13 Prepare to meet the bridegroom
Romans 13:1-7 Allegiance to God means honor and obedience to government
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Romans 13:1-7 Allegiance to God means honor and obedience to government
Matthew 22:1-14 God’s invitation is earnest: Why won’t they come?
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Matthew 22:1-14 God’s invitation is earnest: Why won’t they come?
Philippians 3:12-21 A citizenship in the vineyard eagerly anticipates the Son
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Philippians 3:12-21 A citizenship in the vineyard eagerly anticipates the Son
Philippians 2:1-11 Unity with the Almighty transforms our attitude toward our neighbor
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Philippians 2:1-11 Unity with the Almighty transforms our attitude toward our neighbor
Matthew 20:1-16 God gives what he gives, not what’s fair.
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Matthew 20:1-16 God gives what he gives, not what’s fair.
Matthew 18:15-20 The Christian addresses sin to forgive it 1) at Jesus' command 2) with his presence
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Matthew 18:15-20 The Christian addresses sin to forgive it 1) at Jesus' command 2) with his presence
Matthew 16:21-26 The cross is not a maybe, it’s a must.
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Matthew 16:21-26 The cross is not a maybe, it’s a must.
Romans 10:5-13 Faith echoes that Jesus is Savior
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Romans 10:5-13 Faith echoes that Jesus is Savior
Ephesians 2:13-22 Peace with others starts with peace from God
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Ephesians 2:13-22 Peace with others starts with peace from God
1 Kings 17:1-6 God's Control Always has a Goal
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1 Kings 17:1-6 God's Control Always has a Goal
Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 For now everyone is mixed up together, but not forever
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Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 For now everyone is mixed up together, but not forever
1 Corinthians 2:6-13 The Spirit of God reveals the heart of God
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1 Corinthians 2:6-13 The Spirit of God reveals the heart of God
Matthew 11:25-30 Rest in Jesus as you learn from him
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Matthew 11:25-30 Rest in Jesus as you learn from him
He will be my God
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Your message is heart touching Rev. 🙏🙏🙏 your good name Rev.??
what is the name of the preacher? God bless him
❤Thankyou Pastor
Опять непонимание того как человек спасается. Опять разговоры о том, что только вера спасает. Нет это не так!!! Не заблуждайтесь. Само Писание говорит о том, что должно быть 2-3 свидетеля для истинности свидетельства. А Писание говорит о том, что есть мёртвая вера, также о том ,что человек оправдывается не верой только, но делами ( James 2:24) Также о том, что вера есть ДЕЙСТВЕННАЯ, а есть вера БЕЗДЕЙСТВЕННАЯ. И сказано, что действенная вера заключается в проявлении любви к ближнему и Богу. Gal 5:6: "For in Yeshua [God is Salvation] Moshiach [Messiah] neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision; but !!!!!!faith which WORKS by love!!!!! Поэтому вера- то, что не видно! А ЛЮБОВЬ- ТО, ЧТО ДОЛЖНО БЫТЬ ВИДНО! И в этом была проблема Петра, он не любил братьев своих из язычников, а делал дела закона из-за лицемерия. Именно из его внешних действий становилась видна ВЕРА ПЕТРА- вера фарисеев
Enlightening interpretation. Thank you.
The gays are taking advantage
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Amen
Requesting that you Pray for my Son Joshua that was detained in Prison on suspicion before even trial, im awaiting God to vindicate him
January, 2024
Thank u for that reading & explanation
A "king" who actually simply forgave his subjects for (imagined) offenses would be better, in all reality. Why is blood magic required for a spirit being? Exactly ZERO blood was shed in the garden of eden episode. So it's OVERREACH to require any. Add to that, the fact that Mercy is the waiver of the demands of justice, not the substitution of a victim, and you've got a pretty pathetic and petty "god".
Pelagianism is a myth. Learn the truth.
You do an excelent job of explaining these things in a thorough and concise manner. I really appreciate your work here!
I don't know if you are a Catholic, but if you are, you just explained what it is to be born again . ( John 3:3) & (Titus 3:5) I hope that you are a Catholic Priest because the Catholic Church needs to hear your message.
This is a brilliantly deceptive attempt to teach Calvinism. Nice try, but you still missed the mark. You conveniently ignored how we accessed God's grace for salvation. In your exposition of Eph 2, you completely ignored the "through faith" part in verse 8. We are saved by grace THROUGH faith. And contrary to what you would have us believe, our faith gives us no reason or occasion to boast. Boasting because of faith is excluded by the Law of Faith as stated in Rom 3:27. Furthermore, Paul makes it clear that we gain access into God's grace by our faith in Rom 5:2. Well over 90% of what you taught was good solid bible truths. But then you, as all false teachers do, secretly introduced destructive heresy as 2 Peter 2:1 explains.
God bless us all!
The disagreement between Paul and Peter stemmed from Peter's inconsistency in his interactions with Gentile believers. Prior to the incident, Peter had been eating and associating freely with Gentile Christians, recognizing their equal status as followers of Jesus Christ. However, when certain Jewish Christians arrived from Jerusalem who believed that Gentile believers should adhere to Jewish customs, Peter withdrew from the Gentiles and began separating himself, fearing the disapproval of the Jewish Christian group. Paul, who strongly advocated for the inclusion of Gentile believers without requiring them to adhere to Jewish rituals (such as circumcision), saw Peter's actions as hypocritical and a compromise of the Gospel message. He believed that Peter's behavior was sending the wrong message to the Gentile Christians and undermining the principle of justification by faith in Jesus Christ alone. In his rebuke, Paul reminded Peter of their common understanding that both Jews and Gentiles are justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the Jewish law. He denounced Peter's inconsistency and challenged him to live in line with the truth of the Gospel, without showing favoritism or making unnecessary distinctions between Jewish and Gentile believers. The confrontation between Paul and Peter highlights the tension and debate that existed within the early Christian community regarding the relationship between Jewish customs and the inclusion of Gentile believers. It also emphasizes the importance of upholding the core principles of faith and maintaining consistency in one's actions as a follower of Christ.
When you approach the Lord's Table, how do you view it? How can you use it as an opportunity to give thanks for Christ's sacrifice on your behalf?
The Confidence of God's Servant.
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What kindness from God are you thankful for today? Who can you help with a blessing you've received?
explained it well, thank you sir.
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I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. Today is November 13, 2022. Today is The 23rd Sunday after Pentecost. This passage from St. Luke was our Gospel Lesson of the Day. And on this day, let us pray for those living in fear.
Commenting as I go - that temple sounds vastly impressive. And it was destroyed.
When you speak of our buildings - how was the Jan 6 insurrection for you? How little we know about depravity to come. I pray that we find ways to build together.
As you can clearly see that Peter felt uncircumcised Gentiles were unclean and not worthy of sitting together whereas Paul was furious that such restriction was preventing Gentiles from turning to God. James as the head of the first church in Jerusalem had to strike a compromise between the two gave his ruling that circumcision is not a requirement for the Gentiles (Acts 15:19). However, he was firm for Gentiles to follow the laws of Moses in sexual morality, slaughtering of animals, prohibition of consuming blood etc. (Acts 15:20). He further directed that laws of Moses to be read on the Day of Sabbath (Acts 15:21). However, Paul didn't follow these directives in his church at Antioch (present Turkey) and went ahead in developing his Pauline Christianity which Roman emperor Constantine later adopted for the Roman Catholic religion.
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Thanks for the explanation but I think you severely miss the point on synergism. In your picture toward the end of your presentation, you have the words, "Faith is man's work for God" added to the synergism box. Synergism is correct in that man must believe (have faith) in Christ to be saved. Every salvation passage makes it clear that believing come before saving. The problem with faith being a "work" (which supposedly disqualifies it for salvation), is that Paul clearly taught that faith is NOT a work. "It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law." Rom 3:26-28 The law of faith shows that boasting of any kind of work for salvation is eliminated and faith is not a work.
Correction, true saving faith itself is a gift from God(Ephesians 2:8-9, Philippians 1:29, and Romans 12:3. The Scriptures also point out that not all have this faith(2 Thessalonians 3:2).
@@EmV-si1eu I'm sorry, I will try to break this to you gently. Eph 2 does not teach that faith is a gift from God. The Greek language makes this clear based on the gender of the words involved. Check out a good Greek Expository Dictionary if you want to learn the explanation. Then Phil 1:29 says nothing about faith being a gift of God either. It says faith is granted, not given. Check out an English dictionary on this one. And finally Rom 12:3 says nothing about saving faith being given to anyone. It speaks of a "measure of faith that God has assigned" to the believers in Rome. May God help you grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
@@thereturn2361 OK, I'll try and break this to you assertively(not harshly) and without perceived condescension. You said that faith is granted, not given. While both 'give' and 'grant' involve transferring or bestowing something, 'give' is more associated with acts of generosity or informal giving, while 'grant' suggests a formal approval or authority in conferring rights, permissions, or privileges. Even though the term "grant" is more formal and suggests a legal or official approval where an authority gives permission or privilege, both have been used interchangeably. For example: The court granted him custody of his kids. OR The court gave him custody of his kids In any case, unless we're going to mince words or play semantics with the essence of what Scripture really conveys, true saving faith is something that is bestowed by God and is not something inherent within us nor is it something we muster up within ourselves. Also, through logical and Scriptural deduction, where we allow Scripture to interpret Scripture, we have to inevitably conclude based on 2 Thessalonians 3:2 that this faith is not granted to everyone. Going on to your explanation of faith in Romans 12:3, I don't know how you conclude that the faith Paul says "GOD HAS DEALT(granted, given, bestowed) TO EACH ONE" was exclusively referring to the Roman Christians when that exhortation is pertinent to every Christian down the centuries and that same measure of faith is what God used to save each of us. Now, in reference to the gender of Greek words you pointed out in Ephesians 2:8-9 we follow the proper grammatical application to come to the logical and inevitable conclusion. The neuter pronoun "this" may refer to the one of three things: the "grace", the verb "saved" the noun "faith". Some think it refers to "faith" or "grace" because it is the closest in context, but a Greek grammar problem makes this not very possible. The fact that the feminine nouns "faith" or "grace" do not match the neuter pronoun "this". Pronouns in Greek should agree with the the nouns they modify. Therefore "this" cannot refer to "faith" or grace" exclusively. Some want "this" to refer back to the verb "saved" but again the antecedent would be a masculine participle. Since the word "this" is neuter we have to conclude that "this" refers back to the whole process of salvation that Paul just described. The process of being saved by grace through faith is ALL a gift from God. THIS whole package deal is not our own doing so as to eliminate human pride and boasting. Therefore grace is a gift from God, being saved is a gift from God, and faith is a gift from God. All of these parts fall under the neuter pronoun "this". On a personal note I went through some of the host's or creator's other presentations and I happened to notice you stated something to the effect of "Very deceitfully presented"! Being Bible believing Christians I'm sure we all agree on the absolute essentials of the Christian faith. That being said, unless they're teaching outright heresy in regards to the essentials of the faith, I'm not going to tolerate someone slanderously or falsely accusing another Christian of being a lying p.o.s. just because their theological and soteriological views on secondary issues differ from yours. Trust me dude, that's not happening! I don't accuse synergists or Arminians of being intentional decievers just because we disagree on secondary issues. Although I have known of some synergists and monergists both who have implemented textual gymnastics and have created intentional ambiguity when interpreting the Scriptures to match their own theological narrative. With all that being said Mr. @thereturn2361, my real name is Eric and it's been a pleasure dialoging with you. I will keep you and yours in my prayers! May we all grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ! ✝️♥️🙏
@@EmV-si1eu Thanks for your reply. I find your slanderous false accusation against me quite interesting in light of the fact that you say you are not going to tolerate such a thing. I wouldn't even accuse an unbeliever of being a lying p.o.s. much less a believer. You seem to have a problem understanding what I say. It seems to be a result of your assumptions. Is it correct to say that since you believe that God is the one who grants saving faith, only those he chooses to give this faith to can be saved and all others will be lost?
@@EmV-si1eu I find it quite interesting that you correctly identify the gender of faith, grace, and that (or this). And also, you come to the correct conclusion that, "The fact that the feminine nouns "faith" or "grace" do not match the neuter pronoun "this". Pronouns in Greek should agree with the the nouns they modify. Therefore "this" CANNOT refer to "faith" or grace." (emphasis added) But your end conclusion contradicts what you just said. You conclude, "Therefore grace is a gift from God, being saved is a gift from God, and faith is a gift from God." How in your mind do you hold two contradictory statements to both be true? You try to reconcile the problem by talking about the verb, saved, as being a masculine participle. Perhaps you can share a Greek text that speaks of verbs as having gender. Greek verbs can have tense, mood, voice, person, and number but not gender. The truth remains that faith is not a gift from God in Eph 2:8 as the Greek language makes clear (and of which you confirmed), but being saved is. In Romans, Paul explains how unregenerate sinners can call upon the name of the Lord and be saved. (Rom 10:13) They can call upon the name of the Lord because they have come to faith as described in Rom 10:14-17. It does not come from God giving them "saving" faith. Faith comes from hearing the message of Christ. The assumption that Phil 1 and Rom 12 are speaking of God granting or giving "saving" faith is contradictory to Paul's explanation of how faith comes to an unbeliever. Neither Philippians or Romans use the word "saving" in front of faith. That is an unfounded assumption. Romans 12 speaks of God giving believers a "measure of faith." Believers are already saved or they wouldn't be believers. Phi 1:29 speaks of God granting that you believe in him (Christ). Merriam-Webster defines grant as 1) a) to consent to carry out for a person : allow fulfillment of b) to permit as a right, privilege, or favor 2) to bestow or transfer formally and 3) a) to be willing to concede b) to assume to be true. It should be noted that granting something cannot mean strictly only giving something. If we allow scripture to interpret scripture, we must rule out the idea that God is giving saving faith but is more like permitting as a right, privilege, or favor. The proper understanding of Eph 2:8 is that salvation is the gift of God being given by his grace and accessed by our faith in Christ. It is given in grace because we cannot earn it by our works. Paul states in Rom 6:23 that eternal life is a gift of God. May we all grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ!
The lamb of revelation is not JESUS OF NAZARETH. Revelation 3:20 tells you that Jesus of Nazareth is on God's throne. Revelation 3:21 is the lamb who is the man child of revelation 12 and the true prodigal son of God. Even the unholy pope knows this
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. Today is August 28, 2022. Today is The 12th Sunday after Pentecost. This passage from St. Luke was our Gospel Lesson of the Day. And on this day, let us pray for banquet servers, venue staff, and that people might know their infinite worth.
very good sermon. Thank you.
Hello Nowhere in scripture is the “God-man” That’s not biblical Sounds ultra Greek Jesus is the Messiah The Son of God The Son of David The Son of man The man God has chosen to be his anointed king The man God will judge the world through The man God raised from the dead Jesus will return and rule the nations with believers in the kingdom of God on the earth Jesus has a God There is no triune god in scripture Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. - Acts 3 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him. 14 But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you, 15 and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. Notice Jesus is NOT the God of Abraham
This so-called rebuking was not on Peter the apostle but on Caphas one of the seventy.
No. Good sir, Peter sinned. And because he sinned, Paul rebuked him. It wasn’t Caphus who was being rebuked. It was Peter, the apostle. This is unanimously agreed between historian scholars, and like minded Christians. Catholics are DESPERATE to try and claim Peter did not sin, as that would mean the so called pope sinned. But Peter did sin in Galatians. This is historically documented.
@@S-dx9go false sir the understanding that the Cephas of Galatians wasn’t Peter the apostle goes back to the early third century by Clement of Alexandria and throughout the ages but was never relevant because this never posed an issue to Christians until the 18th century when well after the Protestant deformation Protestants were DESPERATE to continue to undermine the authority of the Pope to keep people lost in their false gospel. Once you know this the text is more than clear, a simple reading of Galatians 2:7-14 raises these questions but it doesn’t end their as you continue to explore 1 Corinthians; John; the opinion of the fathers etc etc. You obviously don’t know the Bible well enough and haven’t studied church history to understand this claim.
@@S-dx9go first learn the Bible and church history so you can understand the argument.
@@RedWolf5 i do indeed know the church history. It is shown only in catholic church tradition, that Paul was not referring to Peter the disciple but the so called holy apostle Cephas who through oral tradition, is believed to have been Bishop of Iconium. No actual accounts of him have been preserved. It is only desperately and forcefully assumed that he is the one who is mentioned by the apostle Paul but is by no means proven in any way and is in fact highly unlikely. The historical evidence points towards it being Peter the apostle Catholics shamefully commonly refer to as the ‘first pope’.
@@S-dx9go no you have no clue. I wrote a lengthy response before that explains the issue in depth which seems to have been deleted. You obviously don’t have a clue and don’t have the time to rewrite it right now, but trust me you don’t know what you’re talking about.
JESUS NEVER PROMISED A RAPTURE TO HEAVEN! HIS FOLLOWERS BELIEVED HE WOULD GIVE THEM A NEW NATION! BUT JESUS, HIMSELF, ONLY TALKED ABOUT CHANGING PEOPLE! If someone actually takes the time to read the Jewish Prophets and the Canonical Gospels of the Christian Bible, it should be clear most of the Jewish people in Jesus' day were hoping for one thing--a new, independent nation of Israel. That's what Jesus' followers thought he, as the promised Messiah, would bring about. But you would never get that from what today's "bible-believing" Christians say! Probably because they don't actually read the Bible they're always toting around, they have some crazy idea that Jesus came to "rapture" them to a Heaven somewhere! Now, this idea about a Rapture to Heaven comes from a really bad interpretation of something Paul the Apostle said concerning how the Messiah would gather God's people to Jerusalem upon his coming and the Great Citizenship Hearing, otherwise known as the Judgment Day. In his first letter to the Christians in Thessaloniki, the Apostle Paul makes it clear he believed God would miraculously fly them TO JERUSALEM (not Heaven) through the air (I Thes. 4:17)! However, the Jewish prophets were not that specific in terms of exactly how the Messiah would get his people to Judea. Perhaps, they're just going to take commercial airline flights! What is clear is that, prophets like Isaiah (11:12) said the Messiah would get them back to their homeland somehow: "And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth." Most of the Jews of Jesus' day also believed the Messiah, after his return to oust the Romans, he would then hold a citizenship hearing--Judgment Day--to make it clear who is worthy of becoming a citizen in the new, Jewish government (that will be called "The Kingdom of God") and who will not, at least not to begin with! This would be obvious to Christians if they ever bothered to read the Jewish Prophets, but for all the bible toting they do, 99.9% of them have never once read through a single one of them...and of the few who did, they couldn't understand a word they said because they were using a bible written in Old English! In fact, they don't even read the Canonical Gospels! If they did, they'd know just how important is was to most of the Jews of Jesus' day to regain independence from Rome. Just to cite a few examples, Luke 2: 25 has a man named Simeon who "was waiting for the consolation of Israel"! In Luke 2:38, a certain Anna tells "all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem" about Baby Jesus. James and John wanted Jesus to promise they would get the two best jobs (not a couple of Lazy-Boys) when he, as the Messiah, sets up the new government (Mark 10:37). The promise of a restored Israel, as a literal, earthly nation, is ALL over the Bible! But you have to take the dispensationalist Doctrine Goggles off to see it! There is just one rub here--Did Jesus, himself, really believe in all the stuff about a new nation for the Jews? Again, if one actually reads the Gospels carefully, like Luke, Chapter 17, it would appear that he did not! Instead, Jesus' definition of the "Kingdom of God" was not about an earthly government (and certainly not about some Heaven in a spirit realm), but a place inside the minds and hearts of PEOPLE! Rick Lannoye, author of www.amazon.com/Real-Life-Jesus-Nazareth-Really-Stood-ebook/dp/B09V4BJ62D Are you or someone you care about a victim of Bible Abuse? Get help at ricklannoye.com/contact
So good . Wow!!! this is a great message. We only win when we follow Jesus. Stay focused. Don't look back unless that's the way you want to go. The mission is to die for them . And the only to Heaven is thru Him.
Amazingly great!
wow God bless you brother and thank you for the illustrations 💕
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. Today (December 19, Advent 4), this was our Gospel of the Day. Luke 1:39-45 is also read on May 31, which is the Festival of The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth.
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. Today (December 12, Advent 3), this was our Gospel of the Day.
Beautifully presented. Thank you.
Beautifully presented deceptively.
How Paul knows he reads people mind? Peter says in Acts 10, 34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism, 35 but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right. The elders tell Paul and he disobey in Acts 21:25 As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. They walk with Jesus and they learned that believe is action. Jesus left comandaments and he didn't abolished the law. Genesis 1:29 God said, "See, I give you every seed-bearing plant that is upon all the earth, and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit; they shall be yours for food. , Paul made easy to get along with the culture of his time, and proclaimed a salvation only by faith but if this is true the Devil will be the first in heaven.
You are conflating teachings fir salvation with teachings for discipleship and eternal rewards. They are not the same thing.
If you believe that Paul changed the way we worship the Father or how we're saved, then aren't you making Paul your god and worshiping him. There is only one Law giver and that's the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Since the Father never changes this means that everyone who has ever been saved has been saved by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8). When we apply this to Noah for example, we see that the Father's grace are His Instruction to Noah warning him of the impending destruction of the world and how to escape it, which we know as the gospel. We're told that Noah believed the Father and his faith was able to overcome what he believed in order to place his faith and trust in the Father and in doing so he did everything just as the Father commanded him. Noah didn't add to, nor take away from any of the Father's Instructions and as a result he was saved. If Noah didn't believe and place his faith in the Father by following His Instructions, he too would have perished. This understanding comes from the Hebrew word, "Sh'ma", which means to hear AND obey. What good would it be to know the truth but not walk in it? This is the simple understanding that James is trying to communicate when he says: " You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone." (James 2:24). For more understanding on what it means to be the type of worshiper the Father seeks (John 4:23), I invite you to visit our channel to watch our short teaching called; "Walking in the Spirit and Truth". May you be blessed in your pursuit of truth!
Racism in early Christian religion nice