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aniah-who · 1 year

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Don’t wait until the door of the Ark closes...

The Gospel has been preached to every creature under heaven (Colossians 1:23). Everyone, every thing, knows the truth. It’s why Paul wrote in Romans chapter 1 that even those who hold the truth in unrighteousness are without excuse; every soul to ever exist has no excuse whatsoever, meaning that no one will be able to stand before God and claim that they didn’t know the truth because the truth has been shown to us all. The will of God isn’t that any should perish, but that all would have everlasting life through His Son, Jesus Christ (John 3:16-18, 2 Peter 3:9). Because God desires that we live, He has revealed Himself to every eye: 19 “Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them (us); for God hath shewed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse (Romans 1:19-29).”

God is a just God and it would be unjust of Him to not reveal Himself to us, and yet still expect for us to somehow know that He exists. So how is it that there are still so many unbelievers? The Bible makes it clear that even though the existence of God is clearly shown through the evidence of all creation, it’s the pride in the hearts of man that blinds us from the light of His truth. Instead of acknowledging God for who He is, the True and Living God, we give the glory to the creation rather than to the Creator Himself. It’s why we see billions worship false gods such as nature, and put their trust in the universe: “21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things (Romans 1:21-23).”

God is a gentleman and He doesn’t force Himself onto us, but gives us free will. And with that free will, we can choose to either serve Him, or stand against Him. However, every action is followed by a consequence, be it positive or negative. When we refuse to retain God in our knowledge, He’ll step back and let us do what our hearts desire to do; and as a result, we are turned over to a reprobate mind (Romans 1:28), an unprincipled mind— a mind that embraces a lifestyle of unrepentant sin and one that cannot please God.

God is not slack (slow) concerning His promise, as some may count slow, but is long-suffering to us, not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance. The reason why there is still breath and our lungs today, the reason why Jesus hasn’t come back yet is because He’s graciously giving us time to repent of our sins and turn our hearts to Him. He doesn’t want any of us to die in our sins. He wants us to have an everlasting life, to dwell with Him forever in Paradise. He loves us. You and I are His precious creation.

Don’t wait to give your life to Christ. When the door of the ark (Jesus) finally closes and the rain of the flood begins to pour down (God’s wrath and judgment), it’ll be too late. You didn’t come across this by accident or by chance. Jesus is willing. Jesus is waiting.

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fideidefenswhore · 2 years

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It is sometimes imagined that, in consigning a heretic's body to the fire, authorities hoped to rescue the heretic's soul from the eternal flames of hell. This is, however, far from the truth. Rather, it was believed-- a belief based on particular interpretations of St Augustine of Hippo and of words attributed to Jesus in the Gospel according to St Matthew ("And these shall go into everlasting pain")-- that the soul of an unrepentant heretic would be damned for all eternity. (It is worth noting, however, that these words attributed to Jesus actually come at the end of his disquisition on the nature of the kingdom of heaven and, though they do refer to a division between 'the sheep and the goats', the 'goats' in question are those who did not give food to the hungry, water to the thirsty, or clothes to the naked, and did not visit those in prison; all this has nothing, ostensibly, to do with heretics-- unless heresy is choosing not to love.)

The Burning Time: Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and the Protestant Martyrs of London

#yeah; i've read this more times than i can count and it never made sense to me ...#'actually it was seen as merciful' an exruciating death was seen as merciful? wasn't the suffering the point?#wasn't that why they always wanted an audience? deterrent not mercy? etc

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spiritsoulandbody · 3 months

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#DailyDevotion Only The LORD's Promises Keep & Strengthen Us

#DailyDevotion Only The LORD's Promises Keep & Strengthen Us Psalm 119 113I hate two-faced people, but I love Your teaching (torah). 114You are my Hiding Place and my Shield —I wait for Your promise (dabar). 115Go away from me, wicked men – I want to do what my God orders (mitsvah). 116Help me as You promised (imrah) so that I may live, and don't let me be disappointed in my hope. 117Strengthen me so I may be saved, and I will always respect Your laws (choq). 118You reject all who leave Your laws (edah) to go wrong with a lie they deceive themselves. 119You get rid of all the wicked on earth like dross, but I love the truths (edah) You wrote. 120My flesh shudders in fear of You; I stand in awe of Your judgments (misphat). Two-face, some translations are half-hearted or double-minded. Such are people who say they worship the LORD but they really put their trust in other things or people for every good. Hate is a pretty strong word. Are we supposed to hate? St. Paul tells us to stay away from people who call themselves Christians but who live unrepentant lives. We can't avoid unbelievers though without leaving the world. (1 Cor. 5:11ff, Rom. 16:17) We on the other hand should love the LORD's teaching. We see His teachings in the Gospels and the letters of the Apostles. The LORD Jesus Christ is our Hiding Place and Shield. We turn to Him from protection against all evil thoughts and actions. We are called to wait for His promise. Peter tells us in his second epistle, "4Thus He has given us His precious and very great promises, so that after you have escaped the corruption that lust brought into the world, you might by these promises share in the divine nature." Bad company corrupts good character so it is right for the psalmist to expel wicked men from his midst. It's tough enough dealing with our own flesh in wanting to do what God had commanded us. We don't need to hang around false Christians who tempt us into do evil. A promise we can look to is from Isaiah 45, "22Turn to Me to be saved, all you most distant parts of the world, because I am God, and there is no other." We need to remind the LORD of His promises not because He forgets but because we do. Sometimes it seems long in coming but He will and does fulfill all His promises. His petition to be strengthened so he may be saved reminds us that we need to continually be strengthened by the LORD to remain faithful and be saved. He has given baptism, the Supper, absolution and the preaching and teaching of His Word to keep His promise of preserving us in the faith unto life everlasting. By His strengthening we keep all that He tells us. Verses 118 and 119 should be terrifying to those who pick and choose what parts of God's Word they are going to keep and not keep. True, many of the particulars of the Mosaic Law are no longer in force. They were for Israel as a nation state. Jesus has fulfilled it all for us. Yet, there remains in the New Testament His moral law which we keep by the Gospel. We should not dismiss the holiness Jesus has called us to through His holy apostles. We should not be like those who abuse God's grace in Christ Jesus in order to sin. They will not remain with the LORD. He will get rid of them all in the Lake of Fire on the Last Day. We love all truths the LORD has given us through the apostles and prophets. Our flesh should indeed shudder at the LORD's commands. It never keeps them. It will be purified by fire and a new glorified body will be given us at the resurrection. We indeed should stand in awe of all the LORD has given us. In them we find the power, wisdom, might, grace, mercy and peace of the LORD our God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Merciful Father, grant us Your grace through Word and Sacrament to uphold all You have given us so we may shun those who reject Your teaching but call themselves Your people and live according to Your will. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Read the full article

#Christ #Christianity #dabar #devotion #edah #faith #imrah #Jesus #LCMS #Lutheran #Messiah #misphat #mitsvah #torah #wordandsacrament

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itsyourchoicedevotionals · 5 months

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The Object Of Our Affections

“I will return to My place [on high] until they acknowledge their offense and feel their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction and distress they will seek, inquire for, and require Me earnestly, saying, Come and let us return to the Lord, for He has torn so that He may heal us; He has stricken so that He may bind us up.” Hosea 5:15-6:1AMPC

As a Christian—Believer in Jesus— I don’t like to think of the possibility that I have a sin in my life. Per 1John 1:8NIV “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.” The entire reason for going to the cross of Calvary and dying in our place was — we can’t keep from breaking the Law of God at one point or another— it’s mission impossible. Jewish people gave it up and lived in blatant sin because they couldn’t live sinless. Calvary was the remedy— V9 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” Glory to God! Everyone of us needs His forgiveness daily.

Without seeking forgiveness daily we forfeit intimacy with Papa God, the whispers of instructions; checks in our spirit, warnings, and insight into closing doors opened by unloving thoughts, attention seeking, anger, disgust, actually anything in the negative family of life patterns.Our text instructs that God removes His intimacy until we come to realize the error of our ways.

Jewish people believed Jehovah was the one buffeting their lives with illnesses, and troubles, knowing these difficulties came in direct response to their sins. Christians believe God is ‘allowing’ the difficulty— neither realizing satan was giving paybacks for unrepentant sins. Hosea well said in 4:6KJV “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…” Limited wisdom without the “fear of the Lord,” and the belief —there’s a get out of hell free card called ‘grace’ causes people to continue to suffer.

Kathryn Kuhlman once by Holy Spirit’s power raised a paralyzed man out of a wheelchair up and walking. Afterwards she told him, ‘you’ll be back in this chair within a week because you love your sin more than Jesus.’ Unrepentant sins bring and cause illnesses— “…There is no health in my bones because of my sin. Psalm 38:3ESV

There’s a remedy for all of these open doors— repent daily —get intimately acquainted with our precious Father God “…let us know (recognize, be acquainted with, and understand) Him; let us be zealous to know the Lord [to appreciate, give heed to, and cherish Him]. His going forth is prepared and certain as the dawn, and He will come to us as the [heavy] rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth.” Hosea 6:3AMPC.

Our Lord God desires to be the object of our affections— nothing else can be set up as our personal ‘god.’ He promises, “Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. …there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth…”

For the Creator of all, and Lover of our souls, is it too much for Him to ask of us to give Him our whole hearts and minds? It’s your choice. You choose.

LET’S PRAY: LORD God forgive us putting our pride before you in unrepentant piety, and personal assurances of grace that allows us to sin without consequences, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

#Jesus Christ #lord of lords #word of god #God #Holy Spirit #it's your choice #devotional #object #affections #seek #forgiveness #health #repent #direct #troubles #love #hope #faith

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calloftheuniverse · 6 months

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One of the WORST things to come out of a patriarchal, christian, capitalistic society is the way it has damaged nearly every member to their core...

By making them feel not good enough.

By reducing their value to money and appearance...

And making sure nobody ever feels quite good enough or worthy.

Not enough money, not handsome/pretty enough...

Too different,

Too weird,

Flawed,

Faulty,

Sinful,

Shameful,

..... Worthless.

The truth is... The energy of Divine IS love.

There is no space for judgment or condemnation.

And Divine mourns, grieves for those who have sunk beyond the reach Divine love...

Those who live in shame and self loathing and self-disgust.

And..honestly, I feel that too. More so than I would usually admit to, as people already don't know how to take me or perceive me most of the time.

Because the reality is the religion they sell you (Yes. I said SELL, look at the profits last year and tell me it isnt a business, and a hugely wealthy one?) is nothing more than to control your mind, keep you stuck in shame and judging yourself and others.

And it is set up by design to target and devalue women, who over time may grow into something shamanic, or sagely ....

Because the feminine aspect is the aspect that is by default wired for spirituality, and a true connection to Divine.

Christianity, and patriarchy both specialize in devaluing feminine qualities in both genders, labeling women as seductive, sinful, labeling men who display fem qualities as less masculine, weak.. "Pussy" "Bitch" "Simp".

And we are also going to graze the subject of how every woman who ascends, evolves, and finds enlightenment as anything OTHER than Christian is labeled as a witch.

Lucky the Bible already has a way to deal with anyone who threatens their mind control, eh?

"Shall not suffer a witch to live."

And that pretty much takes care of the competition, doesn't it?

After all, they killed a whole lot of people in the name of that control, and forced conversion at sword point and under threat of crucifixion and being burned alive....

Google says anywhere from 2-6 million.

Wouldn't be able to KEEP the control they killed to get without a way to silence and intimidate opposing perspectives...

And what better way to silence a whole group then by calling them evil, and essentially justifying murder.

But the truth is this... God is within you. As is the devil. Heaven and hell are mindset...frequencies of thoughts. You can think of them as "love mindset" and "fear mindset" if its easier to see it that way.

If you lie and manipulate others, you will live in fear and anxiety of being caught and held accountable. Same if you steal. Choices will literally leave you in a living hell if you choose selfishness, greed, and lust. Because hell is a mindset. And no amount of scapegoating a great teacher who tried to teach everyone this will free you from that hell.

Spoiler...the same bunk religion Jesus spoke against and flipped tables about is the same religion, reskinned that told you that he died for our sins... truth was they killed him for threatening their system of control. Then stole his words, his name, and rebranded their oppression, destroying whole cultures by forcing them to convert.

And no amount of following their false promises and destructive methods will get you to heaven.

That only comes when you silence your fear, realize that all is provided in Divine grace and timing, and quit idolizing a great teacher and an ascended master as your Creator.

Because I have great faith...Jesus himself would be horrified at how he has been scapegoated for an entire planet for the last 2 millenia. Especially when that let's them fully off the hook to continue hurting themselves and others, unrepentant. It allows them to focus on him, and never look within, effectively blocking them from the ascended mindset he was trying to teach, that would allow them a personal and close relationship with ACTUAL God, rather than the vengeance driven, blood-sacrifice demanding, dark deity of the Bible.

I know what I believe. I know what he believed. I know why he was actually killed, and I also know if he came again today, he would likely be crucified all over again, or mown down as a cult leader.

And I think it would be a good time for people to examine what they thing is right, and why.and ask themselves which team they really serve.

Do you serve love, peace, growth, creation, and abundance?

Or do you serve fear, hatred, oppression, judgment, blood sacrifice, systematic murder, and intimidation tactics?

And are you listening to the pull of Divine and doing what you know and FEEL is right?

Or are you just going with the crowd, because they told you what to think, never taught you how to think for yourself, and shamed you for asking questions or deviating..

#deconstruction #christianity #spirituality

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god-whispers · 10 months

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jun 29

can we talk - new wine

"after two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His sight." hos 6:2

i don't know how many of you out there are big youtube watchers, but i find it interesting that God is raising up so many watchmen in these hours. (and yes, we all need to be discerning about what we allow in.) no longer is truth to be gleaned exclusively from our church and pastor, many of which are even leading masses astray or hesitant to deal with the later days. God is speaking directly to those who are willing to search the scriptures and open up knowledge sealed for these end times.

one of those watchmen i love to watch is tyler on channel "generation2434." for those who don't immediately grasp it, the name is taken from matthew 24. "assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place." that's directly from our Lord and many of us take Him at His word.

new revelation is saying that the feast of pentecost is not the traditional time always celebrated, but instead on the feast of new wine celebrated on the 9th of av, our july 26th sundown this year. i don't have time or space to explain it all here, but tyler has several videos explaining it in detail. suffice it to say that one would assume pentecost should be fulfillment of a feast as all of Christ's life was a fulfillment of scripture. it also makes sense why many of the crowd at peter's preaching would think they were drunk.

they say this is also when boaz took ruth (a gentile) to be his bride. boaz's union with ruth is a clear representation of Jesus and His gentile bride. it is a summer time, a harvest time when ruth came to Him in secret. proverbs says, "he who gathers in summer is a wise son," and we know Jesus is a wise son.

whether the 9th of av will be the rapture of the church is a matter of speculation, but i believe it qualifies as a high watch time. the year still depends upon when our Lord was crucified: 30, 31, 32 or 33 AD. whichever year it is, it means that we are now in a four year possible span which rounds out the two thousand years, the second day in God's timetable. i lean toward 30 AD because the temple was destroyed in 70 AD and that is 40 years from 30 AD, a highly significant number with God.

if indeed it is to happen this year, it would mean we are only about a month away from joining our Lord. at least it means that for those of us who believe in a pre-trib rapture and i see it confirmed more in scripture everyday. so 2030 minus the seven year tribulation equals 2023. "God did not appoint us to wrath" 1 thess 5:9, and the whole seven years is His wrath being poured out and isn't complete until the last bowl is poured out. "the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God is complete." rev 15:1 there is no place of safety thru such turbulence; only a deliverance from. His wrath, having been fulfilled, awaits His righteous judgment.

i know there is much dissension in the body whether it will be pre-trib or post-trib. it's understandable how someone could take either stance. after all, why should this generation be exempt from the suffering of all previous saints? i would answer that many right now are suffering through trials and tribulations, but it is not God's wrath. it is man's. and indeed, even if there be only one month until our rapture, who knows what wrath satan and unrepentant man may deliver to believers? if it hasn't touched you already, it may yet.

even now, war is rumored as imminent, lives of children and adults are being willingly mutilated, lawlessness runs amuck, confusion and deception reigns while artificial intelligence prepares us for the final great deception. all the while people are blindly "eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage;" entranced by the bobbles around them and blindly oblivious to the terrors awaiting them. "but even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing." 2 cor 4:3

scripture says, "when they say, 'peace and safety!' then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman." 1 thess 5:3 if this preludes the coming of the Lord at the end of the tribulation, how could people possibly be thinking "peace and safety" and what possible "sudden destruction" could surpass what the seven years has not already brought? it says, "unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved" matt 24:22

whatever one believes, our Lord is coming and He's coming soon. so how should our conduct be? Jesus scolded those at His first coming because they did not recognize the season of His coming. we should know the season. the convergence of sin and signs are all around us. "the night is coming when no one can work." john 9:4 we must seize the day and work feverishly for His glory; for sinners sake and the Father's heart.

"exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the day approaching." heb 10:25 this is the day all the saints of old have been waiting for and they shall precede us into glory. look up all you who love the Lord. "thus the Lord my God will come, and all the saints with You." zech 14:5 yes, we shall return with Him when He comes, to rule with Him in the millennium yet to be. we eagerly await Your summons, oh Lord!

no - we're not into date setting. this is season setting. whatever you think; whatever you believe - don't be afraid to hope and don't quit watching for His soon return. some day it really will be THE DAY!

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pooma-bible · 1 year

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Limited atonement in Christianity.

1. If Jesus actually atoned for the sins of all humanity and is sitting at the right hand of God interceding for those He died for, why does His intercession fail for those He died for who end up in hell?

The possible explanation is that Jesus' atonement provides the opportunity for salvation, but it does not force anyone to accept it. The Bible teaches that salvation is a free gift from God that must be received by faith (Ephesians 2:8-9).

Therefore, it is possible that some individuals may reject the gift of salvation and choose to live in rebellion against God, despite Jesus' sacrifice on the cross.

Additionally, the Bible also teaches that God is just and righteous, and that He will judge every person according to their deeds (Revelation 20:12-13).

Therefore, those who reject the gift of salvation and persist in unrepentant sin will face judgment and condemnation, regardless of Jesus' sacrifice on the cross.

Ultimately, the reasons why some individuals may choose to reject salvation and face condemnation are complex and multifaceted, and cannot be fully understood by human beings.

However, Christians believe that God is loving and merciful, and that He desires all people to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth (1 Timothy 2:4).

2. How can anything Jesus does fail?

It is generally believed among Christians that Jesus' sacrifice on the cross was effective in accomplishing its intended purpose of atoning for the sins of humanity.

The Bible teaches that through His death and resurrection, Jesus made a way for people to be reconciled to God and receive eternal life (John 3:16, Romans 5:8, 2 Corinthians 5:18-21).

However, it is also important to note that Jesus' sacrifice on the cross does not guarantee salvation for all people.

The Bible teaches that salvation is a free gift from God that must be received by faith (Ephesians 2:8-9).

Therefore, it is possible for individuals to reject the gift of salvation and choose to live in rebellion against God, despite Jesus' sacrifice on the cross.

In that sense, it could be said that Jesus' sacrifice does not fail, but rather, some individuals choose to reject the salvation that He offers.

3. Why does the Father not listen to the Son’s petition on behalf of those sinners who He paid the debts for?

It is generally believed among Christians that God the Father and Jesus the Son are united in their desire to save humanity and bring people into a relationship with God.

The Bible teaches that Jesus intercedes on behalf of believers before God (Romans 8:34), and that He is the mediator between God and humanity (1 Timothy 2:5).

It is also important to note that the Bible teaches that God is just and righteous, and that He will judge every person according to their deeds (Revelation 20:12-13).

Therefore, it is possible that some individuals may choose to reject the gift of salvation and face judgment and condemnation, regardless of Jesus' sacrifice on the cross.

Ultimately, the reasons why some individuals may not be saved are complex and multifaceted, and cannot be fully understood by human beings.

However, Christians believe that God is loving and merciful, and that He desires all people to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth (1 Timothy 2:4).

கிறிஸ்தவத்தில் வரையறுக்கப்பட்ட பரிகாரம்.

1. இயேசு உண்மையில் அனைத்து மனிதகுலத்தின் பாவங்களுக்காகப் பரிகாரம் செய்து, கடவுளின் வலது பாரிசத்தில் அமர்ந்து அவர் இறந்தவர்களுக்காகப் பரிந்து பேசுகிறார் என்றால், அவர் இறந்தவர்களுக்காக நரகத்தில் முடிவடைந்தவர்களுக்காக அவருடைய பரிந்துரை ஏன் தோல்வியடைகிறது?

சாத்தியமான விளக்கம் என்னவென்றால், இயேசுவின் பரிகாரம் இரட்சிப்புக்கான வாய்ப்பை வழங்குகிறது, ஆனால் அதை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளும்படி யாரையும் கட்டாயப்படுத்தவில்லை. இரட்சிப்பு என்பது கடவுளின் இலவச பரிசு என்று பைபிள் போதிக்கிறது, அது விசுவாசத்தால் பெறப்பட வேண்டும் (எபேசியர் 2:8-9).

எனவே, சில தனிநபர்கள் இரட்சிப்பின் பரிசை நிராகரித்து, இயேசுவின் சிலுவையில் பலியிட்ட போதிலும், கடவுளுக்கு எதிரான கலகத்தில் வாழத் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கலாம்.

கூடுதலாக, கடவுள் நீதியுள்ளவர் மற்றும் நீதியுள்ளவர் என்றும், ஒவ்வொரு நபரின் செயல்களின்படி அவர் நியாயந்தீர்ப்பார் என்றும் பைபிள் கற்பிக்கிறது (வெளிப்படுத்துதல் 20:12-13).

எனவே, இரட்சிப்பின் வரத்தை நிராகரித்து, மனந்திரும்பாத பாவத்தில் நிலைத்திருப்பவர்கள், இயேசுவின் சிலுவை பலியைப் பொருட்படுத்தாமல், நியாயத்தீர்ப்பையும் கண்டனத்தையும் சந்��ிப்பார்கள்.

இறுதியில், சில தனிநபர்கள் இரட்சிப்பை நிராகரிப்பதற்கும் கண்டனத்தை எதிர்கொள்வதற்குமான காரணங்கள் சிக்கலானவை மற்றும் பன்முகத்தன்மை கொண்டவை, மேலும் மனிதர்களால் முழுமையாக புரிந்து கொள்ள முடியாது.

இருப்பினும், கடவுள் அன்பானவர், இரக்கமுள்ளவர் என்று கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் நம்புகிறார்கள், மேலும் எல்லா மக்களும் இரட்சிக்கப்படவும், சத்தியத்தைப் பற்றிய அறிவை அடையவும் அவர் விரும்புகிறார் (1 தீமோத்தேயு 2:4).

2. இயேசு செய்த எதுவும் எப்படி தோல்வியடையும்?

மனிதகுலத்தின் பாவங்களுக்குப் பரிகாரம் என்ற அதன் நோக்கத்தை நிறைவேற்றுவதில் இயேசுவின் சிலுவையில் தியாகம் பயனுள்ளதாக இருந்தது என்று பொதுவாக கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் மத்தியில் நம்பப்படுகிறது.

இயேசு தம்முடைய மரணம் மற்றும் உயிர்த்தெழுதல் மூலம் மக்கள் கடவுளோடு சமரசம் செய்து நித்திய ஜீவனைப் பெற வழி செய்தார் என்று பைபிள் போதிக்கிறது (யோவான் 3:16, ரோமர் 5:8, 2 கொரிந்தியர் 5:18-21).

இருப்பினும், இயேசுவின் சிலுவையில் பலி எல்லா மக்களுக்கும் இரட்சிப்புக்கு உத்தரவாதம் அளிக்காது என்பதையும் கவனத்தில் கொள்ள வேண்டும்.

இரட்சிப்பு என்பது கடவுளின் இலவச பரிசு என்று பைபிள் போதிக்கிறது, அது விசுவாசத்தால் பெறப்பட வேண்டும் (எபேசியர் 2:8-9).

எனவே, இரட்சிப்பின் பரிசை நிராகரித்து, இயேசுவின் சிலுவையில் தியாகம் செய்த போதிலும், தனிநபர்கள் கடவுளுக்கு எதிரான கிளர்ச்சியில் வாழத் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கலாம்.

அந்த வகையில், இயேசுவின் தியாகம் தோல்வியடையாது என்று கூறலாம், மாறாக, சில தனிநபர்கள் அவர் அளிக்கும் இரட்சிப்பை நிராகரிக்க விரும்புகிறார்கள்.

3. கடனை செலுத்திய அந்த பாவிகளின் சார்பாக குமாரனின் மனுவை தந்தை ஏன் கேட்கவில்லை?

மனிதகுலத்தைக் காப்பாற்றவும், கடவுளுடன் மக்களைக் கொண்டு வரவும் தங்கள் விருப்பத்தில் பிதாவாகிய கடவுளும் இயேசுவும் ஒன்றாக இருக்கிறார்கள் என்று பொதுவாக கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் நம்புகிறார்கள்.

கடவுளுக்கு முன்பாக விசுவாசிகளின் சார்பாக இயேசு பரிந்து பேசுகிறார் (ரோமர் 8:34), மேலும் அவர் கடவுளுக்கும் மனிதகுலத்திற்கும் இடையில் மத்தியஸ்தராக இருக்கிறார் (1 தீமோத்தேயு 2:5) என்று பைபிள் கற்பிக்கிறது.

கடவுள் நீதியுள்ளவர், நீதியுள்ளவர் என்று பைபிள் போதிக்கிறது, மேலும் அவர் ஒவ்வொரு நபரையும் அவரவர் செயல்களுக்கு ஏற்ப நியாயந்தீர்ப்பார் (வெளிப்படுத்துதல் 20:12-13).

எனவே, சில தனிநபர்கள் இரட்சிப்பின் பரிசை நிராகரிக்கலாம் மற்றும் சிலுவையில் இயேசுவின் பலியைப் பொருட்படுத்தாமல் தீர்ப்பு மற்றும் கண்டனத்தை எதிர்கொள்ளலாம்.

இறுதியில், சில தனிநபர்கள் இரட்சிக்கப்படாமல் இருப்பதற்கான காரணங்கள் சிக்கலானவை மற்றும் பன்முகத்தன்மை கொண்டவை, மேலும் மனிதர்களால் முழுமையாக புரிந்து கொள்ள முடியாது.

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postie974 · 1 year

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stpaullutheranchurch · 1 year

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september 18 2022

September 18th 2022

Old Testament: Amos 8:4-7

Psalm: Psalm 113

Epistle: 1st Timothy 2:1-15 (1st Timothy 1:18-20)

Gospel: Luke 16:1-15

Sermon Text: 1st Timothy 1:18-2:15

Sermon Title: “All People”

Grace to you and peace, from God the Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

“Wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience”. (1st Timothy 1:18b-19a) “God our Savior, (who) desires all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus”. (1st Timothy 2:3b-5) “For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle … a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth”. (1st Timothy 2:7) “Men should pray … without anger or quarreling; likewise, women should adorn themselves with … modesty and self-control”. (1st Timothy 2:8-9a) These are a few of the many themes in our sermon text.

The Apostle Paul speaks of proper worship in our Epistle for this morning. At the end of chapter 1, he charged/ordered Timothy to stick with the Word of God against everything else the false prophets might try to teach. “In accordance with the prophecies (which are the Word of God, the Gospel) you may wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience”. (1st Timothy 1:18b-19a)

As Christians, we are at war with our sinful nature, the world, and temptations of the devil; and we need to hear the Gospel proclaimed and receive the gifts in the sacrament for the strengthening of our faith. The Word of God is powerful and by the Word of God, Paul said, “we have divine power to destroy strongholds”. (2nd Corinthians 10:4) Also, as we talked about last Sunday, Christians need the law of God; “which urges us to bear good fruit, lest we lose the Holy Spirit”. (Apology IV, par. 220)

The sad fact is that the false teachers had already caused some who had “rejected this (Word) to make shipwreck of their faith … (these, Paul says) I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme”. (1st Timothy 1:19b-20) By “handing them over to Satan”; Paul is clearly talking of church discipline or excommunication for those who have blasphemed by speaking/teaching or acting against God’s Word and refusing to repent.

Notice here (and elsewhere is Scripture) the purpose of discipline is to bring the person to repentance and faith; “that they may learn not to blaspheme”. According to the Small Catechism, such discipline “is intended to show people who refuse to repent the seriousness of their sin and ultimately to rescue such persons from eternal condemnation”. (Question # 341, 2017 Catechism)

But this “doesn’t work” I hear people say all the time. If you confront people with their sin they will just get mad and leave (or stay mad and stay away). So, many suggest, we shouldn’t even try it; but to say that this doesn’t work is to call God a liar, for His Word tells us it does. There is the example of the man in 1st and 2nd Corinthians, where Paul tells the church to excommunicate him for unrepentant sexual sin saying “purge the evil person from among you”. (1st Corinthians 5:13b) Sometime later, after the excommunication was carried out, the man repented and Paul urged those in the church to “forgive and comfort him, lest he be overwhelmed with excessive sorrow”. (2nd Corinthians 2:7) In this case, the man repented and was fully restored to membership in the church of Corinth.

But, even when it doesn’t “work” in this way or in the time we think it should; church discipline is always designed as a loving act, meant to bring the person to repentance and faith; therefore, to refuse to discipline an unrepentant sinner is to refuse to love that person; by doing what is best for them. To refuse to practice this is also to set a bad example for the rest of the flock that certain sins (or the sins of certain people) are to be tolerated; and cause others to partake in them.

Next, Paul speaks of prayer and its’ purpose in four different ways. “First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people; for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life; godly and dignified in every way”. (1st Timothy 2:1-2) So, we pray to the Father, in the name of the Son, through the power of the Holy Spirit. But what are these distinctions Paul uses in referring to prayer?

Supplications are simply requests made of God for our specific needs or desires. Intercessions are appeals to God for the needs of other people. Thanksgiving is simply expressing your gratitude to God for the undeserved mercies and gifts you have received from His hand. The word prayer covers these and other petitions we make to our gracious God and Savior. Paul says we are to pray for all people, for the sake of the Gospel; for the mission of the church; that we would be able to practice our faith and preach the Gospel freely, without hindrance from the government or others in powerful positions. We pray for all that many would come to believe in Christ Jesus and be saved.

I would add, that whenever the government orders the church to do something contrary to the churches call, the government has overstepped its rightful vocation and “we must obey God rather than man”. (Acts 5:29) In the same way, there is no sense in which individual Christians are free to attack and subvert the Creed/faith they confess on Sunday, by their political actions during the week. (Kurt Marquart)

These prayers are “good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth”. (1st Timothy 2:3-4) Jesus, our Lord, came to this earth to die and rise from the dead for the forgiveness of sins of all people. So, we pray, not because “prayer is powerful” or because “prayer changes things”; but because in praying, we are putting all of our needs and wants in the hands of Almighty God, who has promised to care for us.

Of course, praying for and desiring that all would be saved, does not mean that all will be saved, for we already heard of some who had “made shipwreck of their faith”. (1st Timothy 1:19b) Unfortunately, this is quite common, that many in the church reject the Word and free grace of God, resisting the Holy Spirit who desires to bring them to faith and keep them in the one true faith, in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Now, this is the Gospel that Paul, Timothy, and we proclaim, “there is one God (not many) and there is one mediator (not many) between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all; which is the testimony given at the proper time”. (1st Timothy 2:5-6) Jesus Christ; true God (of both Jews and Gentiles) and true man, is the only Savior of the world and those who reject Him, reject the only possible means of their salvation.

This good news (Gospel) is to be proclaimed to the whole world; “baptizing … teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you”. (Matthew 28:19b-20a) “For this, I was appointed a preacher and an apostle; I am telling the truth, I am not lying, a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth”. (1st Timothy 2:7) God called Paul to this task of preaching and teaching His Word, all over the known world. So, he is talking here about his (divine) call to be a pastor.

Paul is not lying; affirming his apostleship; despite those in Galatia and Corinth who argued with him, saying he wasn’t called by God. (Check this) In his call, God had promised to work through Paul, no matter his popularity, for He also told Paul that he would suffer much for the sake of the Gospel. Therefore, Paul was not to trust in his own personality, gifts, knowledge or abilities to be persuasive, but rather, he trusted in the Lord, who called him to be “a teacher to the Gentiles in faith and truth”. (1st Timothy 2:7b) As he said elsewhere, “I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth”. (1st Corinthians 3:6-7a) It is always God alone who gives the growth.

Paul now briefly returns to the topic of public prayer in the church saying, “I desire that in every place, men should pray; lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling”. (1st Timothy 2:8) Notice that the prayer (which in the church is to be led by men) is to be “without anger or quarreling”; meaning having forgiven those who have sinned against you (as Jesus speaks in the Lord’s Prayer) and not holding on to hatred or grudges against them; for Scripture also declares “let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you along with all malice”. (Ephesians 4:31) Therefore, those who would pray like the Pharisee in Jesus’ parable, “God, I thank you that I am not like other men” (Luke 18:11) (should not expect God to answer their prayers).

Next, the Apostle has a few words for the women in the churches. He said, “women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness; with good works”. (1st Timothy 2:9-10)

Modesty here means not to call undue attention to oneself and their appearance, reflecting too closely the immoral culture of the day (or of our day); but rather to stress holiness of life and good works; which of course, come from God. As the Apostle Peter also wrote, “do not let your adorning be external … but let your adorning be the … imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious”. (1st Peter 3:3-4)

Paul continues; “Let a woman learn quietly, with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. Rather, she is to remain quiet”. (1st Timothy 2:11-12) He also dealt with this issue before in the Coritnhian churches (1st Corinthians 14:34-35). Now, anytime this text is brought up in our day it is considered controversial, and the church who believes what the Bible teaches here is frequently labeled sexist or misogynistic for not embracing women leaders in the church. Unfortunately, more than a few in our church body, the LCMS, are promoting such things as women pastors; contrary to God’s Word. In fact, almost every so-called Protestant church body in this country have embraced women pastors.

But, in this letter and in his letters to Titus and the Corinthian churches, Paul says that only men can be pastors. Of course, women can be teachers of other women and of children as Titus 2:3-5 makes clear, but according to the revealed will of God in the Holy Scripture; which is Jesus’ own Word and by Jesus’ example; not appointing a single woman as an Apostle/teacher, even though He had many women among His followers and that women were the first to witness His bodily resurrection on Easter morning, it is clear that despite what our corrupt culture teaches, women are not to be ordained as pastors. (Yet in their proper sphere, teaching of children, women have a greater influence on the coming generation than most men, even those who are pastors/teachers)

The reason Paul gives for this teaching is not that men are somehow superior to women, but “for Adam was formed first; then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet she will be saved through child bearing; if they continue in faith and love and holiness and self-control”. (1st Timothy 2:13-15) Adam does not get off the hook here, for Paul says elsewhere, “sin came into the world through one man”; (Romans 5:12-14) meaning Adam. The point here is that Adam was not “deceived” as Eve was, rather he willfully sinned by giving up his God ordained vocation, allowing Eve to take on his role. Both of them abandoned their God given vocation.

Ultimately though, God has called His church into existence through the Gospel and it so it is His church and He can set up whatever guidelines or orders He chooses for the sake of the Gospel; first promised in Genesis 3:15. And that is what the final verse about “being saved through child bearing” is getting at. It is primarily about the Gospel and the mission of the church to make disciples. For it is by the birth of the Christ child to the Virgin Mary that sin, death and the devil were defeated. For Jesus came to this world to atone for the sins of the whole world by His death on the cross.

But it is also about both women and men being called to their various (God given) vocations in this life; but not apart from faith. They are “to continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control”. (1st Timothy 2:15b) For our various duties and responsibilities are pleasing to God, only through faith in Christ Jesus our Lord and His saving work of redemption; through the cross and the bodily resurrection.

So, (dear Christian) rejoice in the Lord Jesus Christ who has forgiven all your sins; rejoice in His Word and sacraments by which He gives you His gifts, and rejoice in your God given vocations, by which we serve our neighbor; believing that in all things, God is “working … for the good of those who love God”. (Romans 8:28) Amen.

And the peace of God …

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seahgreenhorn · 2 years

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'Grow Mighty'

"You were called to freedom, brothers; only do not use this freedom as an opportunity to pursue fleshly desires, but through love slave for one another." Gal. 5:13.

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"You were running well. Who hindered you from continuing to obey the truth?" Gal. 5:7.

"Stand firm, and do not let yourselves be confined again in a yoke of slavery." Gal. 5:1.

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Since: A global cleansing, you know, is headed our way

like a tsunami, except selective...

And remember, survivors are promised by the end of that day.

Because: "Jehovah knows how to rescue people of godly devotion out of trial,

but to reserve unrighteous people to be destroyed on the day of judgment, especially those who seek to defile the flesh of others and who despise authority." 2 Pet. 2:9, 10.

But, as you recall,

tragically, individually, destruction will a majority slay for disloyally siding against our Maker and Christ Jesus

who provided a marvelous ransom for 'obedient' mankind.

By a 'spirit of the world' they chose to be sadly swayed:

"But according to your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath and of the revealing of God’s righteous judgment." Rom. 2:5.

Yes, "there also came to be false prophets among the people, as there will also be false teachers among you.

These will quietly bring in destructive sects, and they will even disown the owner who bought them,

bringing speedy destruction upon themselves.

Furthermore, many will follow their brazen conduct,

and because of them the way of the truth will be spoken of abusively.

Also, they will greedily exploit you with counterfeit words.

But their judgment, decided long ago,

is not moving slowly,

and their destruction is not sleeping" 2 Pet. 2:1-3.

For: "These are waterless springs and mists driven by a violent storm,

and the blackest darkness has been reserved for them.

They make high-sounding statements that are empty.

By appealing to the desires of the flesh and with acts of brazen conduct, they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.

While they are promising them freedom, they themselves are slaves of corruption;

for if anyone is overcome by someone, he is his slave." 2 Pet. 2:17-19.

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So: "Be as free people, using your freedom, not as a cover for doing wrong, but as slaves of God." 1 Pet. 2:16.

"Stay awake, stand firm in the faith, carry on in a manly way, grow mighty." 1 Cor. 16:13.

They all abandoned him and fled.—Mark 14:50.

How did Jesus treat his apostles when they were temporarily in a weakened condition? Shortly after his resurrection, Jesus told some of his followers: “Have no fear! Go, report to my brothers [that I was raised].” (Matt. 28:10a) Jesus did not give up on his apostles. Even though they had abandoned him, he still called them “my brothers.” Like Jehovah, Jesus was merciful and forgiving. (2 Ki. 13:23) Likewise, we have deep concern for those who have stopped sharing in the ministry. They are our brothers and sisters, and we love them! We still remember the labors of love that those fellow believers performed in the past—some perhaps for decades. (Heb. 6:10) We truly miss them! (Luke 15:4-7) So encourage inactive ones to attend the congregation meetings. And when an inactive one arrives at the Kingdom Hall, we should take the initiative by warmly welcoming him. © 33 minutes ago, Lucretia McCloud sad • society • pain • spiritual • teen • family

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coffeeman777 · 3 years

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I have a question about a section of Hebrews which is in chapter 10. Its bout the willfully sin part and the concept of no more salvation of sins , I remember reading it initially and panicking about it. I internalized it and tired to not to commit a willful sin but I'm afraid that I might have since I then heard 'salvation of sins no more' i dont know what to do and I've been mulling over it extensively. I still have the desire to be with God and study the Bible properly. I'm very confused ;-;

Yeah, that bit in Hebrews 10, as well as a bit in Hebrews 6, has caused no small amount of difficulty for lots of Christians. It did for me as well, until an old teacher of mine straightened it out for me.

So, let's start by quoting the passage in question:

Hebrews 10:26-31

"26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."

Now, by itself, it seems very scary. Who among us hasn't deliberately sinned even a single time since we came to Christ? All of us have. But thankfully, this passage isn't saying that you can't be forgiven for sins committed after coming to Christ. If we compare Scripture with Scripture, this becomes clear. Here's a passage on the same subject from 1 John:

1 John 3: 4-10

"4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother."

So, the writer of Hebrews, then, isn't saying that any sin committed after coming to Christ can't be forgiven; he's saying that a person who makes a profession of faith in Jesus but then continues to live a life characterized by sin, who practice sin as a lifestyle, can't expect to have their sins covered by Jesus' sacrifice, and that they have nothing to look forward to but judgement. This is exactly what John is saying: regardless of what a person claims to believe, if a person is deliberately practicing sin, living a life characterized by unrepentant sin, that person is of the devil, and hasn't been born of God. Everyone who experiences the new birth repents from sins, abandons the sinful practices of their life before Jesus, and begins to worship God sincerely from the heart by obeying Him.

In other words, the writer of Hebrews, like John, is condemning false converts who refuse to repent of sins. Consider Jesus' warning in Matthew 7:15-23, or Paul's many warnings in his letters, like Romans 6, 1 Corinthians 6:9-13, and Galatians 6:7.

This is an ancient heresy called "antinomianism," literally the practice of lawlessness. This heresy is alive and well in the church today; any time you hear a supposed Christian say that sin isn't real, or that repentance is unnecessary, or that Jesus pays for our sins so we can keep sinning and God is cool with it, etc, that is this heresy. And it is damnable. Flee from it.

In Christ Jesus, Christians are saved completely. We are saved by grace, through faith, and not by works. Our good works can't save us, and they can't keep us saved. Once saved, a person is saved for good. This is absolutely true. The lie is that a person can pray a prayer for Jesus to save them once, and then they can run off into the world and live like the devil himself and still go to heaven. The truth is that real, genuine salvation necessarily changes you. When the Holy Spirit indwells you, your passions and desires are different. You don't want to sin; you want to please God. You don't want to be wicked; you want to be righteous, so that you can honor God with your whole life. You want to be clean, selfless, upright, and good, because you have been clothed in Christ's righteousness and justified by faith. Anyone who doesn't want to repent, who doesn't want to flee from sins and begin obeying God hasn't been saved, and they don't have the Holy Spirit. The people who think they're saved without repentance have been tricked, and unless they turn to Jesus for real, they aren't going to make it.

As for those who are genuinely in Christ, we do still struggle with the flesh. Sometimes we screw up. Sometimes we fail. But we hate it. We hate our sin, we mourn over it, and we really want to be free of it, and that desire is proved by our actions. We take real, grace-enabled steps to excise the sin from our lives. If we discover more sin, we repent. We live a lifestyle of repentance, confessing sins and abandoning them, striving every day for greater Christlikeness. This is proof we have the Holy Spirit in us, that we're saved: not that we're perfect, but that we have changed and are changing from darkness to light. And we have God's promise of mercy and grace along the way:

1 John 1:5-10, 2:1-6

"5 This is the message we have heard from Him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with Him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us... My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. 3 And by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 Whoever says “I know Him” but does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, 5 but whoever keeps His word, in Him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in Him: 6 whoever says he abides in Him ought to walk in the same way in which He walked."

Make sense?

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#DailyDevotion Who Or What Are You Trusting To Take Care Of You?

#DailyDevotion Who Or What Are You Trusting To Take Care Of You? Psalm 52 You tyrant, why do you brag about behaving wickedly? God's love is forever! This psalm is interesting because of its inscription, “David's psalm when Doeg, a descendant of Esau, went and told Saul, “David has come to Ahimelech's home.” On one hand it may seem like David is referencing Doeg. On the other hand it is Saul who is currently king here. Saul was trying to kill David though David never raised a hand against Saul. Doeg went and told Saul where David had been seen. Saul called Ahimelech to question him as to why he helped David. He told the king, “How should I know not to help him? He is your son in law, the captain of your bodyguards.” Saul then commanded the people to kill the priests. No one would do it. Then Doeg volunteered and killed 85 of them but some of Ahimelech's household escaped and found refuge with David. So who is David referencing here? I'm going to go with Saul who ordered the deaths of the priests. It's something a tyrant would do. Ordering their deaths is certainly wicked. Despite Saul's rage, David proclaims, “God's love is forever!” So too we should remember and proclaim when evil surrounds us and makes us think it has the upper hand, God's love is forever. It will overcome everything and usher us into His kingdom. 2Your tongue is like a sharp razor, scheming to destroy and doing deceitful things. 3You love evil instead of good, lying instead of saying what is right. 4You love every kind of destructive speech, you deceitful tongue! The wickedness inside of Saul was so great with jealousy against David. David did not ask to be anointed to be the next king. He served Saul greatly and enlarged his kingdom. He would not speak against the LORD's anointed (Saul) or kill him when he had the chance. David would wait on the LORD to bring all things to completion. Saul though, would never repent in his heart. His stubborn unrepentance caused him to say all sorts of evil against David. He lied about David and tried to turn one of his sons against David but he would turn against David. Saul apparently not only could not tell the truth about David, he loved lying about David. Do you have such enemies in your life? Trust in the LORD to carry out His judgment. 5God, too, will destroy you forever, knock you down and snatch you out of your tent, and pluck you by the roots out of the land of the living. 6The righteous will look at him in awe, but they will laugh at him: 7“Look at the man who wouldn't make God his fortress but trusted his great wealth and got strong by destroying others.” Saul quit trusting in the LORD and trusted in his power, strength, and wealth. He destroyed those who supported David who did trust in the LORD. The LORD finally arraigned for Saul to die by his own hand in battle against the Philistines. He departed the land of the living ignobly because He would not trust the LORD or obey his commands. 8But I am like a flourishing olive tree in God's house, trusting God's mercy forever. 9I thank You forever for what You did and announce to Your holy ones how good Your name is. David did trust the LORD and did everything he was commanded to do by the prophets. He flourished and took all the land for his people the LORD promised them. The LORD brought us our Savior Jesus Christ through his loins and made Himself one with David's house. The LORD's name is good. Almighty God and Father, give us faith when our enemies move against us we remain faithful to You and let You handle them for us. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Read the full article

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woven-in-christ · 2 years

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I Run Out of Superlatives When I Try to Describe God's Goodness

Believing God has no right to send men to Hell is an incredibly evil belief. The true and living God does send men to Hell. And He's Perfect!!

Some people believe a “good” God would never send men to Hell.

That means that heaven would be inhabited by the molested child and her unrepentant molester, the martyred Christian and his unrepentant murderer. That means the missionary who spent her life sharing Christ in the jungles would get the same eternal life as the rich man who spent his life acquiring wealth dishonestly.

There's nothing “good” about a God who's unjust and permissive of evil (Romans 1:18-20).

But the worst lie of universal salvation is the belief that we deserve eternal paradise with the Lord.

The truth is this: You and I and every other human being deserve Hell. But Jesus sacrificially offered Himself on the cross to give us an opportunity to live with Him in Heaven (Romans 3:23; 6:23; 5:8).

That's way beyond “good”!

Christ isn't just a “good God.” He’s awesome, glorious, incredible, fantastic, pure, perfect, loving, magnificent, marvelous, mind-blowing, divine, wonderful...

If I tried to adequately describe Him, I'd go way past my word count, causing you to read for hours instead of one minute

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You’re supposed to forgive. Until your body is worn out from the stress and bruises, until the Christianity they tell you to live by is defined by cruelty and silence, you forgive. You forgive until it breaks you, until 70x70 means forever, eternity, until heaven is full to the brim with cruelty and apathy, until nothing but wolves praise His Holy Name and you, if you ever fall, if, for a moment, there is a brief flicker of unapologetic, unrepentant anger, or hatred, or unforgiveness, if you even so much as ask that others treat you well, you have damned yourself to hell.

So I damn myself. That’s the trick, the secret, this kind of Christianity only asks for forgiveness for those who refuse to ever repent, for those who love hatred so much they never feel a lick of guilt. No, sorry: here I am angry, unforgiving, here I am demanding accountability and action. I am not saved, I am not good, I am not anything that can be found within the pages of your scripture, and there is no weapon or manipulation you can use against me. You forgive, 70x70, you forgive while we spotlight your churches, leaving you exposed to the world for your cruelty and apathy, while the lies themselves make you look like the wolves that you are to everyone who looks upon you.

I will not forgive, I am the thing you forgive, I will not repent, I am the thing that you tell others to let go, to move on, to love, for the sake of kindness and unity. I know every scripture, I know the metaphors, if you want to call me of the devil, I’ll call myself a prophet, and we all know what Jesus said you did to the prophets. I refuse to abide by your manipulations, I refuse to play your games, I refuse to kneel to a God that looks so exactly like you he is boring, common, apathetic, and evil.

This Christianity justifies and condones evil, values silence over truth, and the comfort of predators over the lives of their victims. This Christianity’s pews are graveyards of all the people they sacrificed for the sake of a cheap unity, for a fresh-scrubbed face hiding away death and destruction, stone-cold and hard-hearted against the cries of the oppressed and abused.

And if those of us who say these things sound cruel, and harmful, and destructive, if our unforgiveness is harsh and our calls for accountability too hard to bear well, you know what they say,

70x70

forgive us.

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Hello fellow believer

I have no knowledge of the trues about trans and nb people, so you might disregard this, but it could be similar to my case. The thing is I'm a man and for a long time I thought I was gay - I felt attraction to men, used to be feminine and everything that came with it. I also thought people were born this way. Though, I was always conflicted about following a vocation and fitting in the church. Well, turns out I was wrong, society lied and Christ showed me the actual truth when I trusted Him and began to accept His ways: The cause of my sexuality was the sum of many factors conditioning myself to it during my growing up stage. I've learned what happened wrong, reconnected with my masculinity and understood that I'd not find happiness without Jesus' ways. Nowadays I'm really in peace, have found my vocation (which is marriage) and don't feel like before anymore. Look at the answer in Christ friend, and trust your life to Him and pray for Him to show your truth.

Best regards

I'm happy for you, that you figured yourself out. That's the best anyone can hope for. However, this is kind of a rude message. You seem to be civil enough, so I will also respond civilly.

I honestly don't get why people send me things like this ask. Maybe you think you can "save me from myself", or that I'm being "lied to by society," or something. In actuality, you're just being rude to me, a stranger, and helping drive me away from the Roman Catholic Church. At this point it doesn't really hurt my feelings anymore, it just makes me kinda spiritually tired, if that makes any sense.

I understand that you're not trying to be rude, and you just feel entitled to send me messages like this because you feel like your background makes you qualified to tell me to pray more, or something. But actually, I don't need to be told to pray more. I pray a lot! I have prayed, a lot, over this exact topic! So when people tell me to pray that Christ shows me truth or whatever, it just signals that you don't think it is possible for someone like me to exist - that is, a proudly Christian, proudly queer person.

I honestly believe that Christ has indeed led me to the truth, and the truth is that I can't change this about myself. The only way for me to move forward with my life and prayerfully follow Christ in the ways that matter is to be a transgender person.

I believe I have talked about this on this website before, but when I tried, seriously, to deny my own gender identity, I grew so distressed that I was led into a deeply difficult mental health episode that actively traumatized me and my family. I couldn't pray, I couldn't feel God's presence, I couldn't exist as an authentic Christian at all. Because every time I tried to communicate with God, I just spent my time begging Him to change me, and when He didn't make me cisgender I would resent Him so much for giving me this burden, for making me go through something so painful. I couldn't mentally handle living like that, so I had an episode.

I spent time in a hospital, and there I grew close with Christ again, but only after I realized that if I didn't want to go through this again, something was going to have to change. I learned that only through accepting myself was I going to make this work. Christ is the bread that sustains me, His good news dictates my life and how I relate to others, and I lose my relationship with Him when I try to deny one of my core identities. So this is how I live my life now: living as myself, going to Mass, praying, and hoping that the God that came down to Earth to call unrepentant sinners to follow Him will love me as well.

I know you probably didn't expect such a long reply, but you seem to be approaching me out of a genuine desire to help me, and I thought I'd share with you why I think I've already been helped. We have different experiences, and different stories, but our Lord in Heaven loves us both equally and unconditionally. You are my brother in Christ, and I appreciate your concern, but I hope you don't send any similar messages to others, because I fear they might not take it very well.

May God bless you and keep you, and may your path be guided by love of all humanity, striving to emulate Christ's universal love and acceptance.

#christianity #catholicism #religion #lgbt #trans #mental illness tw

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