Posted on 10/03/2011 9:24:36 AM PDT by jesus4life
Amen
Grace and peace to all of you. I am very new to this site. The holy spirit brought me hear tonight to look over many answers here. To learn and to share.
I have questions here if anyone would be kind to take the time out to answer:
1. If we want evil to stop, why do speak of where it is, how to see it, where to see it, and when it may happen?
2. Do we really believe GOD sees all things and will handle all things?
3. If we revere Mary as the mother of GOD, why do we not copy her obedience??
4. If we believe in CHRIST as the son of GOD, who killed no one, loved everyone, and died for all. Why do we worry about dying?? Why do we want to kill others?? Why do we hate others? Why do we want to own land, take over other countries? Why do we want to judge others faith, walk, and lives before they die, knowing that GOD has power to save and can save anyone?
5. Do we believe heaven exists?? If so, where is it for all of you??
The holy spirit brought me to some passages for all of us to think about:
The love of Christ that we should live and show the world LUKE 6:27-36
27 'But I say this to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who treat you badly. 29 To anyone who slaps you on one cheek, present the other cheek as well; to anyone who takes your cloak from you, do not refuse your tunic. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your property back from someone who takes it. 31 Treat others as you would like people to treat you. 32 If you love those who love you, what credit can you expect? Even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit can you expect? For even sinners do that much. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to get money back, what credit can you expect? Even sinners lend to sinners to get back the same amount. 35 Instead, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend without any hope of return. You will have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. 36 'Be compassionate just as your Father is compassionate.
Mary's love, obedience, and acceptance that we should all follow in situations that GOD can handle that we cant
Luke 1:29-39
29 She was deeply disturbed by these words and asked herself what this greeting could mean, 30 but the angel said to her, 'Mary, do not be afraid; you have won God's favour. 31 Look! You are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David; 33 he will rule over the House of Jacob for ever and his reign will have no end.' 34 Mary said to the angel, 'But how can this come about, since I have no knowledge of man?' 35 The angel answered, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child will be holy and will be called Son of God. 36 And I tell you this too: your cousin Elizabeth also, in her old age, has conceived a son, and she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month, 37 for nothing is impossible to God.' 38 Mary said, 'You see before you the Lord's servant, let it happen to me as you have said.' And the angel left her. 39 Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as she could into the hill country to a town in Judah.
OUR LIVES HERE MARK 8:29-38
27 Jesus and his disciples left for the villages round Caesarea Philippi. On the way he put this question to his disciples, 'Who do people say I am?' 28 And they told him, 'John the Baptist, others Elijah, others again, one of the prophets.' 29 'But you,' he asked them, 'who do you say I am?' Peter spoke up and said to him, 'You are the Christ.' 30 And he gave them strict orders not to tell anyone about him. 31 Then he began to teach them that the Son of man was destined to suffer grievously, and to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and to be put to death, and after three days to rise again; 32 and he said all this quite openly. Then, taking him aside, Peter tried to rebuke him. 33 But, turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said to him, 'Get behind me, Satan! You are thinking not as God thinks, but as human beings do.' 34 He called the people and his disciples to him and said, 'If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me. 35 Anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. 36 What gain, then, is it for anyone to win the whole world and forfeit his life? 37 And indeed what can anyone offer in exchange for his life? 38 For if anyone in this sinful and adulterous generation is ashamed of me and of my words, the Son of man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.'
OUR REAL HOME Revelations 21:1-8 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared now, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride dressed for her husband. 3 Then I heard a loud voice call from the throne, 'Look, here God lives among human beings. He will make his home among them; they will be his people, and he will be their God, God-with-them. 4 He will wipe away all tears from their eyes; there will be no more death, and no more mourning or sadness or pain. The world of the past has gone.' 5 Then the One sitting on the throne spoke. 'Look, I am making the whole of creation new. Write this, "What I am saying is trustworthy and will come true." 6 Then he said to me, 'It has already happened. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give water from the well of life free to anybody who is thirsty; 7 anyone who proves victorious will inherit these things; and I will be his God and he will be my son. 8 But the legacy for cowards, for those who break their word, or worship obscenities, for murderers and the sexually immoral, and for sorcerers, worshippers of false gods or any other sort of liars, is the second death in the burning lake of sulphur.'
yep. Just gotta love it. when irish eyes are smiling!! haha! thanks for the research on me, and thanks for the greeting.
I try to show care to all by answering all, learning from as many as I can, and sharing what I learn from God.
Newsletter? The Bible
Flock? the sheep of Faith which I hope you are apart of.
Pictures of Mary? I dont have any pictures.
I like your reply. Your funny. That’s good.
That grass and all that you plant with you dont own. So, it’s better to praise GOD and give the money back to the professor for that Econ 101 class. Better yet give it to people that need it.
Nothing is ours and tomorrow is not promised. Life and all is temporary. We know this, yet, we dont act like it.
I was woken last night. searched the site and its what came out. When a person prays alot, that person never knows what God will have them do. Never.
About Mary? what are you lost about?? Im interested. I saw this 2nd comment about her, and she was not a major part of the post.
I serve God not man. Humans will always have an opinion; never satisfied. We all fall short. So we can always learn more and more till we die.
The only Authority is the WORD of God. That combined with faith that believes in God, with faith that follows JESUS as the son of GOD, and with faith that takes all the guidance of the Holy Spirit. one must always test the spirits.
blessings unto you my brother, as it takes a person to look into a situation before they judge it. I am in my 60s and it’s a little difficult to do some things. So, copy and pasting is better. Much easier.
Must go back and proof read more. My apologies to everyone. But please be kind enough to tell me what you dont understand or cant read and so on...
It defintely should be.
It defintely should be.
the one who is perfect please stand up. if a human doesnt make a mistake, then definitely show me that human. I would love to meet him or her.
The ways of twisted souls are often mysterious . . . often, even to themselves.
She’s quite understandably
EXCEEDINGLY CONFIDENT that her Salvation is secure in the Blood of Jesus.
Now you’ve seen answers.
So am I..............now.
Amen. I was making no more connection to Mary than the passage stated. These questions are to see where people who believe in Christ are in their lives. I have not put my belief out there.
Just seeing who will answer the questions without assumptions or just answer.
Read the word with the heart of christ.
Disasters;
The Flood ( Noah):God repented and made the covenant ( the rainbow) and promised to never kill the whole earth by water again.
Sodom and Gemorrah, Babel, Pharaoh and Moses, etc....all GOD killing, repenting, re-creating through promises of giving people multitudes of children and so on......
God can kill becasuse He can re-create. We can not. Also, when GOD did kill in the Old testament, it was for us to learn the lessons of our sins for not listening to him. The cries of many prophets changed that for us ( David, Job, Moses, and more...). Say, Hello, to Jesus physcial entrance to earth through door number 1 ladies and gents.
Jesus in the NT died for our sins. In this way we do not suffer as we did in the OT for sinning. We have the chance to learn from our sins, learn what to change, and move on through his grace and mercy.
Many want to kill! To even want to do that or accept it, only shows what is actually in a person’s heart. Also, it shows the things they are still struggling with to even want to kill or accept killing. It’s against the commandments, against what Jesus said for us to, like, turn the other cheek.
Saul ( paul ) was known for a Samurai chop, drag a man on a pony in his day. If it was okay, Jesus would have changed his teaching after knocking him off the horse, and told him, “ Tally hooo, just kill them all that get in your way!!”. Remember Paul as Saul was keen on killing.
Also Jesus would never have told Peter to put that sword away, he would have just told him to keep chopping that soldiers ear off, then the leg, head, and then in half. But, he didnt.
Look inside yourself.
Jesus on this earth in the physical, never killed.
My comfort is in GOD the father as my creator of this earth ( universe). This earth that He made all for me to learn from, live off of, and give to until He comes again.
My comfort is in Jesus, the son of God, who teaches me how to be in peace on this earth through faith, til he comes again on the side of the Father.
My comfort is in the holy spirit who guides me through faith to know when to speak, not speak, listen, leave, stay, give, accept, and more......while living on this earth.
love the assumptions. I am very into the Jesus that ran out the money-chasers, rebuked the Pharisees, and more...but, he still didnt kill. This is my point.
As far as the Jesus on Mary’s lap comment? I think you should realize you say all things with God’s ear always listening. Some things should stay in the mouth. Then it would be thought. But, He even hears that. So, better to say it i guess.
what I meant by that question was due to my research on posts and replies on the forums of this site. I saw that many people love to tell people where not to go in order to see things they shouldnt see. Yet, they dont realize that on the world net you are promoting more of where people should go to see it.
If people never know where to see the evil that they dont want them to seen. Then why do people give the names and addresses, and more.....Like that is really supposed divert the attention? Not really. This is why so many people are paranoid of so many things in this world. People they know too many places, persons, and things of evil and not enough of God’s goodness. People promote more evil than they minister about God. Really pay attention.
I know many they are giving warnings, and I understand this. But so many warnings become false alarms that make people act unnecessarily. If they never knew, then they would treat situations normally. Does this help you understand where the question was directed and what it meant?
johngrace,
as you gave an example of how to word the question. Please continue and give me the way you think the question should be.
Definitely. I enjoy them. We are all in different levels of faith. Its good to see where people are today.
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