So many times i have seen God working in the details of my life. These occurances would go unnoticed by anyone else but were very meaningful to me. The comfort and reassurance i derived from them has formed a confidence and assurance that He is not just present but actively engaged.
God said my words are easy to understand for those who follow my Commandments and restrain themselves from evil ways. Psalms 119:98-103/Revelation 12:17/Daniel 10:21 God bless he is here with us; some are just blind and cannot see, love Michael glory to Christ Jesus forever.
The only problem I have with the parents and kids analogy is that parents and kids are literally talking and communicating face to face unlike with God being like that THEN being hidden.
God is not hidden, look at how everything works in the universe, I know that God looks out foe me everyday or I would not be on the earth right now🙏🙏🙏❤️
Great video thanks. I might add: "Have you actually tried to seek God with your whole heart?" Jeremiah 29. Also, do you have a fear of God and are you pure in heart? (A Holy God will be more prevelant in the life of a holy, righteous, person. ) Matthew 5 and Psalm 25:14
Many people do not want indirect means to find a hidden God. God showed Himself in the past; God will show Himself when each of us dies; it is the present that He is hidden. There are ways to discovering this hidden God; your responses give good reasons for His hiddenness
Supposing the last direct interaction was Joan of Arc. What was the response of humans ? What was the churches response ? Perhaps God is interacting, but on a smaller scale. He doesn’t want his interaction to be noticed.
Yeah maybe I just don't like the fact that no Christians ever raise people from the dead the way the apostles and Jesus did as he said we could . And then when they list those close calls and misses you got to take into consideration that a lot of those things also do happen where the people don't come out okay the same or greater number which really would be the flip of a dice in all reality if you were looking at someone someone flying out of a car during an accident and surviving and then someone not. It really is at the rate of what would be random. And the analogy about parents the intervening with their kids or not doesn't really make sense because parents and kids see each other face-to-face and then the parents choose to back off no one here ever saw God face-to-face for a while and then he decided to back off. Unless you're a Catholic there's never been any direct intervention in the church history. I'm not saying I believe in their suppose it interventions which lead them to worship Mary and pray to dead people instead of Jesus
God wants true love and repentance. Otherwise we would also be robots, determined by God to love Him or reject Him. He describes the church as His bride. This is the picture of us willing coming to Him. This would not happen if He just parted the sky and stuck His face out to frighten us. Elijah met God as a still, small voice. Not the earthquake.
I think if God reveals himself more it'll help those on the fence and some still won't believe or will but won't like him the way some atheists talk crap about a lot of the things he did in the Old Testament as if they believe in him when really they're just talking bad about his character. Or like people who supposedly worship Satan as who he really is in the Bible and they believe in God also already. So I think that it would just help some people I don't think it would be making free will love invalid at all. Also wouldn't it help if he allowed Believers to raise the dead sometimes the way Jesus did and some apostles in Acts? I mean he said that with the spirit we will be able to do those things and I've never seen anyone do that in the Christian church ever since the book of Acts
🙏 To preach Repentance and Remission of sins to Everyone, All nations Luke 24:47 KJV and that [repentance] and [remission of sins] should be [preached] in his name among [all nations,] beginning at Jerusalem. - Sincere turn from (practice) of (sin) and (willful sin) or (All) will perish Luke 13:3 KJV I tell you, [Nay:] but, except [ye repent,] ye shall [all] [likewise] [perish.] - Believe for your faith will save you, for believing leads to (pardon of sins) to not (die) in (sin) John 8:24 KJV I said therefore unto you, that [ye shall die] in your sins: for [if ye believe not] that I am he, ye shall [die] in your [sins.] - Receive forgiveness of sins when we are converted, + multiple ways for remission of sins, (pardon of sins) Acts 10:43 KJV To him give all the prophets witness, that through his [name] [whosoever believeth] [in him] shall [receive] [remission of sins.] - Love God and love thy neighbor as thyself, for love will (cover) all sins, (pardon of sins) Proverbs 10:12 KJV Hatred stirreth up strifes: but [love] [covereth] all [sins.] Luke 7:47 KJV Wherefore I say unto thee, [Her sins,] which [are many,] [are forgiven;] for [she loved much:] but to whom [little is forgiven,] the same [loveth little.] - Have frevernt (love) among (the brethren) and (the people) for frevernt (love,) giving, having conpassion shall (cover) the multitude of sins, (pardon of sins) 1 Peter 4:8 KJV And above all things have fervent [charity] [among yourselves:] for [charity] shall [cover] the [multitude of sins.] - Preaching and (converting the sinner) from the error of his way will (hide) a multitude of sins, (pardon of sins) James 5:20 KJV Let him know, that he which [converteth] the sinner from the [error of his way] shall save a [soul] from [death,] and shall [hide] a [multitude of sins.] - Confession of sin, confess your sins everyday for the forgiveness of sins, (pardon of sins) 1 John 1:9 KJV If we [confess] our sins, he is faithful and just to [forgive] us [our sins,] and to [cleanse us] from all [unrighteousness.] - (Water baptism) for the (remission of sins), remission/pardon/forgiveness of sins Acts 2:38 KJV Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be [baptized] every one of you in the [name] of [Jesus Christ] for the [remission of sins,] and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. - To give knowledge of salvation to all by the (remission) of (our) (sins), (pardon of sins) Luke 1:77 KJV To give [knowledge] of [salvation] unto his people [by] the [remission] of their [sins,] - Those (predestined), will die in (0 sin,) all sins were pardoned by the (remission of sins) Matthew 24:13 KJV [13] But he that shall [endure] unto [the end,] the same [shall be saved.]
I do believe there is a God. Also I tend to believe that Jesus is the Messiah. Still i wonder. There’s always someone needed to speak and think for God. I don’t feel the presence of God. How much I prayed to God to have a relationship… The truth is no God, no voice, no detectable love or whatever. Even in periods in life you can call intense depressions, I can’t notice the presence of God. Still I keep on seeking Him, because I know without God in the end life has no meaning at all, but any sense of presence is more than welcome.
Can you imagine Adam being asked if God was hidden or not. He'd be the first to tell you Nope, I see Him everyday and everywhere. So, to be honest, it wasn't always this way that God seemed so hidden. Something happened in-between Adam and us. The tempter lured our first parents with promise of SIGHT and they were hooked. When they trusted in the Tempter, they became BLIND. It had to be so otherwise the Devil wouldn't be a liar but a truth teller. That condition may not have seemed apparent immediately but progressively over the eons, the darkness really settled. It fully explains why one of the miracles Christ performed was to open blind eyes. Our blindness may not have been physical but symbolically physical blindness epitomised man's condition. Jesus came to give sight to us the blind so that we may have faith to see Him and believe.
Kids are not in the relationship by choice, yet they generally love their parents, siblings, other family just naturally. Similarly, yes, God's irresistible grace "forces" believers to naturally love Him, because otherwise we are so dead in sin and depraved that we cannot choose to love Him. Free will is nonsense. Love is not a choice. Calvin understood this from scripture.
If we don’t have free will then we can’t be tempted. If we don’t have a choice then we can’t be held accountable. If love is not a choice then why is there a broad road that leads to hell?
Free will is required for autonomous individual beings. If there's only one will, there's only one being, and like the previous commenter mentioned one responsibility. That's obviously not the case.
So many times i have seen God working in the details of my life. These occurances would go unnoticed by anyone else but were very meaningful to me. The comfort and reassurance i derived from them has formed a confidence and assurance that He is not just present but actively engaged.
God said my words are easy to understand for those who follow my Commandments and restrain themselves from evil ways. Psalms 119:98-103/Revelation 12:17/Daniel 10:21 God bless he is here with us; some are just blind and cannot see, love Michael glory to Christ Jesus forever.
I didn’t notice a particular vehicle until I experienced it, my family rented it; later I saw that model all over the place.
very good analogy, may i use it?
Thank you for your ministry.... It's so so helpful.
Great video as always 👏🏼
Amen✝️❤️🙏
brilliant responses
Really really good answers. Very usefull. Thank you :)
The only problem I have with the parents and kids analogy is that parents and kids are literally talking and communicating face to face unlike with God being like that THEN being hidden.
I always say to people that God understands love so much. He is the loving God. Amen
God is great all the time
The issue I have with the close calls or the being lucky is that a bunch of times those don't happen and the bad thing happens just as equal
Great video
God is not hidden, look at how everything works in the universe, I know that God looks out foe me everyday or I would not be on the earth right now🙏🙏🙏❤️
God hasn't eluded me at least.
Great video thanks.
I might add:
"Have you actually tried to seek God with your whole heart?" Jeremiah 29.
Also, do you have a fear of God and are you pure in heart? (A Holy God will be more prevelant in the life of a holy, righteous, person. ) Matthew 5 and Psalm 25:14
Many people do not want indirect means to find a hidden God. God showed Himself in the past; God will show Himself when each of us dies; it is the present that He is hidden. There are ways to discovering this hidden God; your responses give good reasons for His hiddenness
Supposing the last direct interaction was Joan of Arc. What was the response of humans ?
What was the churches response ?
Perhaps God is interacting, but on a smaller scale. He doesn’t want his interaction to be noticed.
Yeah maybe I just don't like the fact that no Christians ever raise people from the dead the way the apostles and Jesus did as he said we could . And then when they list those close calls and misses you got to take into consideration that a lot of those things also do happen where the people don't come out okay the same or greater number which really would be the flip of a dice in all reality if you were looking at someone someone flying out of a car during an accident and surviving and then someone not. It really is at the rate of what would be random. And the analogy about parents the intervening with their kids or not doesn't really make sense because parents and kids see each other face-to-face and then the parents choose to back off no one here ever saw God face-to-face for a while and then he decided to back off. Unless you're a Catholic there's never been any direct intervention in the church history. I'm not saying I believe in their suppose it interventions which lead them to worship Mary and pray to dead people instead of Jesus
God wants true love and repentance. Otherwise we would also be robots, determined by God to love Him or reject Him. He describes the church as His bride. This is the picture of us willing coming to Him. This would not happen if He just parted the sky and stuck His face out to frighten us. Elijah met God as a still, small voice. Not the earthquake.
But also didn’t HE say HE couldn’t be in the presence of evil? As for seeing HIM is the world didn’t Yahshua say HE sent the comforter?
Well done.... may God bless.
I think if God reveals himself more it'll help those on the fence and some still won't believe or will but won't like him the way some atheists talk crap about a lot of the things he did in the Old Testament as if they believe in him when really they're just talking bad about his character. Or like people who supposedly worship Satan as who he really is in the Bible and they believe in God also already. So I think that it would just help some people I don't think it would be making free will love invalid at all. Also wouldn't it help if he allowed Believers to raise the dead sometimes the way Jesus did and some apostles in Acts? I mean he said that with the spirit we will be able to do those things and I've never seen anyone do that in the Christian church ever since the book of Acts
Because we're in the little season and this is all a test. Much shorter answer
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To preach Repentance and Remission of sins to Everyone, All nations
Luke 24:47 KJV
and that [repentance] and [remission of sins] should be [preached] in his name among [all nations,] beginning at Jerusalem.
- Sincere turn from (practice) of (sin) and (willful sin) or (All) will perish
Luke 13:3 KJV
I tell you, [Nay:] but, except [ye repent,] ye shall [all] [likewise] [perish.]
- Believe for your faith will save you, for believing leads to (pardon of sins) to not (die) in (sin)
John 8:24 KJV
I said therefore unto you, that [ye shall die] in your sins: for [if ye believe not] that I am he, ye shall [die] in your [sins.]
- Receive forgiveness of sins when we are converted, + multiple ways for remission of sins, (pardon of sins)
Acts 10:43 KJV
To him give all the prophets witness, that through his [name] [whosoever believeth] [in him] shall [receive] [remission of sins.]
- Love God and love thy neighbor as thyself, for love will (cover) all sins, (pardon of sins)
Proverbs 10:12 KJV
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but [love] [covereth] all [sins.]
Luke 7:47 KJV
Wherefore I say unto thee, [Her sins,] which [are many,] [are forgiven;] for [she loved much:] but to whom [little is forgiven,] the same [loveth little.]
- Have frevernt (love) among (the brethren) and (the people) for frevernt (love,) giving, having conpassion shall (cover) the multitude of sins, (pardon of sins)
1 Peter 4:8 KJV
And above all things have fervent [charity] [among yourselves:] for [charity] shall [cover] the [multitude of sins.]
- Preaching and (converting the sinner) from the error of his way will (hide) a multitude of sins, (pardon of sins)
James 5:20 KJV
Let him know, that he which [converteth] the sinner from the [error of his way] shall save a [soul] from [death,] and shall [hide] a [multitude of sins.]
- Confession of sin, confess your sins everyday for the forgiveness of sins, (pardon of sins)
1 John 1:9 KJV
If we [confess] our sins, he is faithful and just to [forgive] us [our sins,] and to [cleanse us] from all [unrighteousness.]
- (Water baptism) for the (remission of sins), remission/pardon/forgiveness of sins
Acts 2:38 KJV
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be [baptized] every one of you in the [name] of [Jesus Christ] for the [remission of sins,] and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
- To give knowledge of salvation to all by the (remission) of (our) (sins), (pardon of sins)
Luke 1:77 KJV
To give [knowledge] of [salvation] unto his people [by] the [remission] of their [sins,]
- Those (predestined), will die in (0 sin,) all sins were pardoned by the (remission of sins)
Matthew 24:13 KJV
[13] But he that shall [endure] unto [the end,] the same [shall be saved.]
I do believe there is a God. Also I tend to believe that Jesus is the Messiah. Still i wonder. There’s always someone needed to speak and think for God. I don’t feel the presence of God. How much I prayed to God to have a relationship… The truth is no God, no voice, no detectable love or whatever. Even in periods in life you can call intense depressions, I can’t notice the presence of God. Still I keep on seeking Him, because I know without God in the end life has no meaning at all, but any sense of presence is more than welcome.
Can you imagine Adam being asked if God was hidden or not. He'd be the first to tell you Nope, I see Him everyday and everywhere.
So, to be honest, it wasn't always this way that God seemed so hidden. Something happened in-between Adam and us. The tempter lured our first parents with promise of SIGHT and they were hooked. When they trusted in the Tempter, they became BLIND. It had to be so otherwise the Devil wouldn't be a liar but a truth teller. That condition may not have seemed apparent immediately but progressively over the eons, the darkness really settled.
It fully explains why one of the miracles Christ performed was to open blind eyes. Our blindness may not have been physical but symbolically physical blindness epitomised man's condition. Jesus came to give sight to us the blind so that we may have faith to see Him and believe.
Kids are not in the relationship by choice, yet they generally love their parents, siblings, other family just naturally. Similarly, yes, God's irresistible grace "forces" believers to naturally love Him, because otherwise we are so dead in sin and depraved that we cannot choose to love Him. Free will is nonsense. Love is not a choice. Calvin understood this from scripture.
If we don’t have free will then we can’t be tempted. If we don’t have a choice then we can’t be held accountable. If love is not a choice then why is there a broad road that leads to hell?
Free will is required for autonomous individual beings. If there's only one will, there's only one being, and like the previous commenter mentioned one responsibility. That's obviously not the case.