DAILY DOSE TIME...OPEN WIDE AGAIN!

Upon entering a little country store, the stranger noticed a sign warning, "Danger! Beware of dog!" posted on the glass door. Inside, he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor beside the cash register.

"Is that the dog folks are supposed to beware of?" he asked the owner.

 "Yep, that's him," came the reply.

The stranger couldn't help but be amused. "That certainly doesn't look like a dangerous dog to me. Why in the world would you post that sign?"

 "Because," the owner explained, "Before I posted that sign, people kept tripping over him."

A Sunday School helper was delivering a station wagon full of kids home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children began discussing the dog's duties. 

"They use him to keep crowds back," said one youngster. 

 "No," said another, "he's just for good luck." 

A third child brought the argument to a close. "They use the dogs," she said firmly, "to find the fire hydrant."

A famous art collector is walking through the city when he notices a mangy cat lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store and he does a double take.

He knows that the saucer is extremely old and very valuable, so he walks casually into the store and offers to buy the cat for two dollars. 

The store owner replies, "I'm sorry, but the cat isn't for sale.

The collector says, "Please, I need a hungry cat around the house to catch mice. I'll pay you twenty dollars for that cat." And the owner says "Sold," and hands over the cat.

The collector continues, "Hey, for the twenty bucks I wonder if you could throw in that old saucer. The cat's used to it and it'll save me from having to get a dish."

To which the owner says, "Sorry buddy, but that's my lucky saucer. So far this week I've sold sixty-eight cats."

GOD BLESS AND LAUGH!

MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST DEVOTIONAL BY OSWALD CHAMBERS (1874-1917)

The Call of the Natural Life...

"When it pleased God . . . to reveal His Son in me . . . (Galatians 1:15-16)

The call of God is not a call to serve Him in any particular way.  My contact with the nature of God will shape my understanding of His call and will help me realize what I truly desire to do for Him.  The call of God is an expression of His nature; the service which results in my life is suited to me and is n expression of my nature.  The call of the natural life was stated by the apostle Paul --- "When it pleased God . . . to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him [that is, purely and solemnly express Him] among the Gentiles . . .

Service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion.  But strictly speaking, there is no call to that.  Service is what I bring to the relationship and is the reflection of my identification with the nature of God.  Service becomes a natural part of my life.  God brings me into the proper relationship with Himself so that I can understand His call, and then I serve Him on my own out of a motivation of a nature that has heard the call of God.  Service is an expression of my nature, and God's call is the deliberate love-gift of a nature that has heard the call of God.  Service i an expression of my nature, and God's call is an expression of His nature.  Therefore, when I receive His nature and hear His call, His divine voice resounds throughout His nature and mine and the two become one in service.  The Son of God reveals Himself in me, and out of devotion to Him service becomes my everyday way of life.

God Bless You All!

Death

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ETERNAL LIFE/SALVATION!

BEWARE OF FALSE GOSPELS

AbaloneKid originally shared:

 

BEWARE OF ***ANOTHER GOSPEL (***GOOD WORKS AND WATER BAPTISM REQUIRED TO BE SAVED POISONS THE GOSPEL AND IS NO GOSPEL NOR IS SPEAKING IN TONGUES VITAL EVIDENCE OF BEING SAVED )

(some of you are in the company of works false gospel preachers)

Jesus Christ saves us to the uttermost who BELIEVE in His finished work of Salvation. God forbids any one from adding to His Gospel of Grace which God says is ANOTHER GOSPEL!

NO GOOD WORKS! NO KEEPING ANY LAW! NO WATER OR ANY OTHER METHOD OF BAPTISM ADDED AS A CONDITION OF SALVATION. NO DOING SOMETHING BUT BELIEVE.

It is faith plus nothing rather then faith plus something> and the faith that saves is GIVEN to the believer from God.

THE GOSPEL SHUTS OUT ALL WORKS OF MAN! 0! ADD ONE, ANYTHING BUT THE GOSPEL AND IT IS ANOTHER GOSPEL AND ANATHEMA!

Galatians 1:1-12 (KJV)
1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:

3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,

4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.

12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Chaim, least

THE BRIDE OF CHRIST - CHOSEN FOR HIS GLORY

AbaloneKid:   CHOSEN FOR HIS GLORY

"Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you." John 15: 16

Colossians 3:17 "And whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him."

Hebrews 12:2-3
"Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds."

Romans 8:32
" He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?"

1 Thessalonians 2:4
"But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts."

" For the gifts and calling of God are without *repentance.(*irrevocable) Rom.11:29

" Moreover whom he did predestine, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified." Rom.8:30

" Now he which establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts." 2 Cor.1:21-22

Romans 1:16
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek."

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service". Romans 12:1

"And he said to them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." Mark 16:15

A QUICK WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT

Salvation in 3 parts; God has made it abundantly clear:

1.We were saved from the penalty of sin which is the wrath of God in a final judgment on sinners.

2.We are being saved from the power of sin to be made Holy in Christ called sanctification. This is ongoing. It is never complete until the call of Christ to come up to Him. 1 Th.3:8

3.Finally at the completion of the faith God gave us to believe we will be saved FROM THE PRESENCE OF SIN IN US! 1 Th.5:23

At Jesus call we who are alive, will, in our body of flesh, be blameless IN CHRIST, not faultless! Then perfection 1 Cor.1:8

I STAND FOR ISRAEL

I don't get a new Hebrew word on the Sabbath but I do want to let my friends in Israel know that I stand for them.  So, I hope you all had a blessed Sabbath and G-D bless you all!

AMEN!

THE BOOK OF DANIEL...BY STAN ARNEY

 

Daniel Shares About The End Times

Daniel 9:20-27

Now while I (Daniel) was speaking, praying, and CONFESSING My sin and The sin of My People, Israel, and presenting My Supplication BEFORE The LORD My GOD FOR The Holy Mountain OF My GOD, yes, while I (Daniel) was speaking in prayer, The Man (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angel) Gabriel, Whom I had SEEN IN The Vision AT The Beginning, Being Caused TO FLY SWIFTLY, reached me about The Time of The Evening Offering. And He (Gabriel) INFORMED me, and TALKED WITH me, and SAID, “O Daniel, I have Now COME FORTH TO GIVE YOU (Daniel) SKILL TO UNDERSTAND. At The Beginning of Your Supplications The COMMAND went out, and I have COME TO TELL YOU, For YOU ARE GREATLY BELOVED; therefore consider the matter, and UNDERSTAND The Vision:

“Seventy (70) Weeks ARE DETERMINED, For Your People and for Your Holy City (Jerusalem), TO FINISH The Transgression, TO MAKE an END of sins, TO MAKE Reconciliation FOR Iniquity, TO BRING IN Everlasting Righteousness, TO SEAL UP Vision and Prophecy, and TO ANOINT The Most Holy (Jesus Christ). “KNOW therefore and understand, that FROM The Going Forth of The Command TO RESTORE and BUILD Jerusalem, UNTIL Messiah (Jesus Christ) The Prince, there shall be Seven (7) Weeks AND Sixty-Two (62) Weeks; The Street Shall BE BUILT AGAIN, AND The Wall, EVEN IN TROUBLESOME TIMES. “AND AFTER The Sixty-Two (62) Weeks Messiah (Jesus Christ) shall be CUT OFF, BUT NOT For Himself (Jesus Christ); and the people of the prince (The Antichrist THROUGH Satan) Who IS TO COME, Shall DESTROY The City (Jerusalem) and The Sanctuary (The Temple). The END OF IT, Shall BE WITH A FLOOD, AND TILL The END OF The WAR, Desolations ARE Determined. Then He (The Antichrist THROUGH Satan) Shall CONFIRM A COVENANT WITH Many, For One Week (7 Years); BUT IN The Middle of The Week (7 Years), He (The Antichrist THROUGH Satan) Shall BRING AN END TO Sacrifice AND Offering. And ON The Wing of Abominations Shall BE ONE Who MAKES DESOLATE, EVEN UNTIL The Consummation, WHICH IS DETERMINED, IS POURED OUT ON The Desolate.”

Daniel 11:36-45

“Then The King (The Antichrist THROUGH Satan) shall DO according to His Own Will: He shall EXALT and MAGNIFY Himself ABOVE EVERY god, Shall Speak Blasphemies AGAINST The GOD (GOD Almighty) of gods, and Shall Prosper TILL The WRATH (GOD Almighty’s WRATH) HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED; For What HAS BEEN DETERMINED Shall BE DONE. He (The Antichrist THROUGH Satan) Shall Regard NEITHER The GOD (GOD Almighty) of His fathers NOR The Desire of Women, NOR Regard ANY god; for He Shall EXALT Himself ABOVE them (gods) all. BUT IN their (god) place, He shall honor a god of fortresses; and a god which His fathers did NOT know, He shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and pleasant things. Thus He shall ACT AGAINST The Strongest Fortresses with a foreign god, which He shall acknowledge, and advance its (a foreign god) glory; and He shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain.

“At The TIME OF The END, The King OF The South Shall ATTACK Him (The Antichrist THROUGH Satan); AND The King OF The North Shall COME AGAINST Him (The Antichrist THROUGH Satan) LIKE A Whirlwind, WITH Chariots, Horsemen, and WITH Many Ships; and He (The Antichrist THROUGH Satan) Shall ENTER The Countries, OVERWHELM Them (The Countries), and PASS THROUGH. He Shall ALSO ENTER The Glorious Land (Israel), and Many Countries Shall BE OVERTHROWN; BUT THESE Shall ESCAPE FROM His Hand: Edom, Moab, AND The Prominent People of Ammon. He Shall STRETCH OUT His Hand AGAINST The Countries, AND The Land of Egypt Shall NOT ESCAPE. He Shall Have POWER OVER The Treasures of gold and silver, AND OVER All The Precious Things of Egypt; ALSO The Libyans AND Ethiopians Shall FOLLOW AT His Heels. BUT News FROM The East AND The North Shall TROUBLE Him; therefore He Shall GO OUT WITH Great Fury TO DESTROY and ANNIHILATE Many. And He (The Antichrist THROUGH Satan) Shall PLANT The TENTS of His Palace BETWEEN The Seas AND The Glorious Holy Mountain; YET He Shall COME TO His END, and NO ONE WILL HELP Him (The Antichrist THROUGH Satan).

Daniel 12:1-13

“AT THAT TIME, Michael (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angel) Shall STAND UP, The Great Prince Who STANDS WATCH OVER The Sons of Your People; and there Shall BE A TIME OF TROUBLE, SUCH AS NEVER WAS, since there was a Nation, EVEN TO THAT TIME. And AT THAT TIME, Your People Shall BE DELIVERED, EVERY ONE WHO IS FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK (The Lamb’s Book of Life). And Many of Those (The Dead) Who SLEEP IN The Dust of The Earth Shall AWAKE, Some (Believers) TO Everlasting Life, Some (Unbelievers) TO SHAME AND Everlasting Contempt. Those (Believers) Who ARE WISE Shall SHINE LIKE The Brightness of The Firmament, and Those (Believers) Who TURN MANY TO Righteousness LIKE The Stars Forever and ever.

“BUT YOU, Daniel, SHUT UP The WORDS, AND SEAL The BOOK, UNTIL The TIME OF The END; Many shall run to and fro, and KNOWLEDGE Shall INCREASE.”

Then I, Daniel, LOOKED; and THERE STOOD Two Others (Two OF GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels), One ON This Riverbank AND The Other ON That Riverbank. And One (of GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels) said TO The Man (Jesus Christ) CLOTHED IN LINEN, Who WAS ABOVE The Waters of The River, “How LONG Shall The Fulfillment OF THESE WONDERS BE?” Then I (Daniel) HEARD The Man (Jesus Christ) CLOTHED IN LINEN, Who WAS ABOVE The Waters of The River, When He (Jesus Christ) HELD UP His Right Hand AND His Left Hand TO Heaven, and SWORE BY Him (GOD Almighty) Who LIVES Forever, that IT Shall BE FOR A TIME, TIMES, AND HALF A TIME; and When The Power of The Holy People (Believers) has been COMPLETELY SHATTERED, All THESE THINGS Shall BE FINISHED.

Although I (Daniel) HEARD, I did NOT understand. Then I said, “My LORD, What Shall BE The END OF These Things?” And He said, “Go Your Way, Daniel, For The WORDS ARE CLOSED UP AND SEALED TILL The TIME of The END. Many (Believers) Shall BE PURIFIED, MADE White, AND REFINED, BUT The Wicked (Unbelievers) Shall DO WICKEDLY (THROUGH Satan); and NONE of The Wicked (Unbelievers) Shall UNDERSTAND, BUT The Wise (Believers) Shall UNDERSTAND. “And FROM The TIME that The Daily Sacrifice IS TAKEN AWAY, and The Abomination OF Desolation IS SET UP, there Shall BE One Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety (1,290) Days. BLESSED IS He (Believers) Who WAITS, AND COMES TO The One Thousand Three Hundred and Thirty-Five (1,335) Days. “BUT YOU (Daniel), Go Your Way TILL The END; For YOU (Daniel) Shall REST (The First Death), AND Will ARISE TO Your INHERITANCE (Everlasting Life) AT The END of The DAYS.”

Fellow Believers, These Scriptures are NOT the ONLY Scriptures IN The Book of Daniel, which talks about The First Beast (The Antichrist), THROUGHOUT The Book of Daniel, He (Daniel) GIVES Us (Believers) Biblical Clues ABOUT The Character of The Antichrist, as well as His Conquests, and yes, His Demise, as well. Daniel discusses The End Times (The Last Days) IN Detail, beginning at the end of Daniel 9 THROUGH Daniel 12.

Daniel 9:20-27 – The Seventy (70) Weeks Prophecy
Daniel 10:1-9 – Vision of The Glorious Man
Daniel 10:10-21 – Prophecies Concerning Persia and Greece
Daniel 11:1-4 – Prophecies Concerning Persia and Greece
Daniel 11:5-28 – Warring Kings of North and South
Daniel 11:29-39 – The Northern King’s Blasphemies
Daniel 11:40-45 – The Northern King’s Conquests
Daniel 12:1-13 – Prophecy of The End Time

Fellow Believers, I encourage you to read and study The Holy Bible for yourselves, because as you read the words, you will learn, but also as you read the words, GOD Almighty Will SPEAK to your heart, REVEALING The Things He (GOD Almighty) wants YOU to Know, to Understand, and to Share. We ARE IN The End Times (The Last Days) and GOD Almighty Provides His WORD (The Holy Bible) and Holy Bible Prophecy NOT to scare Us, BUT TO PREPARE Us!

Remember These FACTS:

We KNOW, We Will BE IN GOD Almighty’s Immediate Presence, WITH Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels, and All The Rest of The Children of GOD Almighty, for Eternity, Forever.

Revelation 3:10

Because YOU (Believers) have KEPT My (Jesus Christ’s) COMMAND TO Persevere, I (Jesus Christ) ALSO Will KEEP YOU (Believers) FROM The HOUR OF TRIAL, which shall COME UPON The Whole World (Satan’s World), TO TEST Those (Unbelievers) who dwell on The Earth.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

For The LORD (Jesus Christ), Himself, Will DESCEND FROM Heaven, WITH A SHOUT, WITH The Voice of an Archangel, and WITH The TRUMPET OF GOD (GOD Almighty). And The Dead IN Christ (Dead Believers) Will RISE First. THEN We (Living Believers) Who ARE ALIVE and REMAIN, Shall BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER, WITH Them (The Dead IN Christ), IN The Clouds, TO MEET The LORD (Jesus Christ) IN The AIR. And Thus We (Believers) Shall ALWAYS BE WITH The LORD (Jesus Christ).

Finally, The Being Caught Up Together May Occur IN The Next Millisecond, Please, Spread The WORD (The Gospel of Jesus Christ)!


©Stan Arney
Stand with GOD Almighty, Jesus Christ, and The Holy Spirit, Always, and They will Always, Stand with YOU !!!!!!!

BY HIS BLOOD....BY ABALONEKID!

BY HIS BLOOD (we don't plead His blood! HE DOES 4 US 24/7)

TRUSTING IN JESUS CHRIST FOR WHAT HE HAS ALREADY PROMISED AND PROVIDED

Heb.7:
25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. (BY HIS BLOOD! IN HEAVEN)

Hebrews 9:
12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

HE IS PLEADING HIS BLOOD 24/7 FOR US!!!

1 John 2:
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

WE HAVE VICTORY OVER OUR DAILY SINS BY HIM: OUR HIGH PRIEST! (HAVE WE COME TO HIM IN PRAYER TODAY ABOUT OUR SINS?)

BE A WINNER DAILY IN CHRIST AND BY HIS BLOOD!

The Bible gives us numerous instructions in victorious living in Christ, and pleading "the blood of Jesus" IS NOT ONE. WHY ? Because we have been cleansed by the blood of Christ and He is our High Priest and mediator who" Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them." (Hebrews 7:25). As His sheep we are ALREADY under His protection, we simply need to live day by day trusting in Him for what He has already promised and provided.

Do We Sin? YES. Does Jesus keep us in Him by His blood? YES. Are we to go to our Father daily thru Jesus and confess our sin (s) YES.
Will our broken fellowship and crippled ministry be renewed daily by prayer to our Father through Jesus ? YES. Can we be filled with the Holy Spirit daily for powerful service BY HIS BLOOD? YES!!! It is Jesus our high priest 24/7 who does this ALL for us! 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:1-2

BIBLE BASED TRUTH WE NEED TO HOLD FAST TO

IN THE PAST (Heading to HELL & the Lake of Fire)

We were bound for judgment of God on our sins and a conscious state lived in some bodily form forever in the Lake of Fire with Satan and his minions and all those who died IN their sins from the beginning! All this you KNOW!

WE BELIEVED THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST(thank God someone shared it with us! )

This was who we were before we believed HIS BLOOD paid the price we could not, for the judgment on all our sins! Let us give Glory to our Lord and Savior! Let us go on in His service that our breaths and the beats of our heart count for Him. Let us be One body, single minded in Christ service, always looking for that precious sure hope, when we, sleeping or living, hear His call to come up. And then, so shall we ever:

BE WITH OUR LORD, PERFECTED IN HIM, AND ETERNAL IN NEWNESS OF SPIRITUAL BODY FOREVER...AND ALL BECAUSE:

BY HIS BLOOD!

Redemption, "to deliver by paying a price." In the New Testament is the record of the fulfillment of the Old Testament types and prophecies of redemption through the sacrifice of Christ. The completed truth is set forth in the three words which are translated "redemption":

(1) agorazo, "to purchase in the market." The underlying thought is of a slave-market. The subjects of redemption are "sold under sin" Rom 7:14 but are, moreover, under sentence of death Ezek. 18:4, Jn.3:18-19, Rom. 3:19, Gal 3:10, and the purchase price is the blood of the Redeemer who dies in our place. Gal. 3:13, 2 Cor. 5:21, Mt. 20:28; Mk. 10:45, 1Tim. 2:6, 1Pet. 1:18.

Gal.3:13
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

(2) exagorazo, "to buy out of the market." We the redeemed are never again to be exposed to sale; Gal.4:5, Col.4:5

(3) lutroo, "to loose," "to set free by paying a price" Jn. 8:32, Gal. 4:4-5, 31; 5:13, Rom. 8:21. Redemption is by sacrifice and by power. Christ paid the price, the Holy Spirit makes deliverance actual in our experience. Rom. 8:2.

BY HIS BLOOD

The blood of Christ is the basis of the New Covenant. On the night before He went to the cross, Jesus offered the cup of wine to His disciples and said, "...This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you." (Luke 22:20).

Not only does the blood of Christ redeem believers from sin and eternal punishment, but "14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?" (Hebrews 9:14 ). This means that not only are we now free from having to offer sacrifices which are "useless" to obtain salvation, but we are free from having to rely on worthless and unproductive works of the flesh to please God. Because the blood of Christ has redeemed us, we are now new creations in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), and by His blood we are freed from sin to serve the living God, to glorify Him, and to enjoy Him forever.

The Bible gives us numerous instructions in victorious living in Christ, and pleading "the blood of Jesus" is not one of them. WHY ? Because we have been cleansed by the blood of Christ and He is our High Priest and mediator who" Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them." (Hebrews 7:25). As His sheep we are ALREADY under His protection, we simply need to live day by day trusting in Him for what He has already promised and provided.

Romans 3:24-26 

Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; (past refers to those faithful of the Old Testament times who looked ahead, in faith, to the coming of the final God offering for their sins: Jesus Christ; See *Hebrews 9:15 below))

26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

1 Peter 1:2

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

Revelation 1:5
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

Romans 4:16

Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

Romans 3:27

Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

John 6:53
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

Hebrews 9:15

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. (See John 8:56; Rom.3:25 )

1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

1 John 2:
1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Acts 20:28
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

Romans 5:9
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

Colossians 1:27
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Colossians 2:2
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

Chaim, least

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

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First Corinthians 15:1-4

"IS WATER BAPTISM ESSENTIAL TO SALVATION (PART 3 OF 3) ON WORD OF TRUTH LIGHTHOUSE BY JULIE COHICK

First  Peter  3:21

Another verse used by those who teach that water baptism is necessary for salvation is 1st. Peter 3:21.  Here the Scripture says,  " The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward GOD) by the resurrection of JESUS CHRIST."   The preceding verse, verse 20, tells of how Noah and his family were saved in the ark.  The verse says,  "...when once the longsuffering of GOD waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water."

There is no difficulty with these verses once you understand the expression,  " The like figure."  The ark was a figure, a type, a picture of Salvation.  That is what the Scripture plainly says.

Noah and his family, saved from the Flood by the ark, is a picture, a figure of our Salvation through CHRIST.  Noah and his family were saved by getting into the ark, not by getting into the water.  They were trusting the ark for their safety, not the water.

The expression in verse 20,  " eight souls were saved by water," does not mean they were saved by being baptized.  As a matter of fact, Noah and his family didn't even get into the water.  They were on the Ark, safe from the water.  All those who got into the water were lost.  They drowned.  The only ones who were saved were those who didn't get wet at all.  How foolish,  then, to take these verses, and try to teach that one is saved by being baptized in water !

One must also keep in mind that the word "saved" here does not mean spiritual Salvation.  It simply has reference to being saved from physical destruction by the Flood.  If you will read the early chapters in Genesis, you will discover that Noah was saved by grace before the Flood ever came.

In verse 21 the Bible clearly says that baptism does NOT put away the filth of the flesh.  It goes on to say that it is simply the answer of a good conscience toward GOD.  The man who is baptized should already have a good conscience toward GOD because his sins are forgiven.  One has a right to be baptized only AFTER his sins are forgiven and he has a good conscience toward GOD.

When the Ethiopian eunuch asked Philip in Acts 8:36,  " See, here is water;  what doth hinder me to be baptized ? "  Philip answered in verse 37,  " If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. "   The eunuch replied,  " I believe that JESUS CHRIST is the SON of GOD. "   Philip then baptized him.

Baptism always follows Salvation.  It never precedes it.  It is always and only, in the words of Peter,  " the answer of a good conscience toward GOD."  The very fact that one is baptized shows that the individual is professing a good conscience toward GOD,  that his sins have already been forgiven.

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SERMON BY PASTOR ROBERT BREAKER @ CLOUD CHURCH (AN INTERESTING OPINION ONLY)

I've heard of a "gap theory" but I personally have issues with "theories" because they're just best-guesses or opinions.  Take Darwinism or the theory of evolution, for example, science has debunked his theory and each consecutive one.  I like facts, not guesses.  However, I do have questions about creation and it is not a salvation issue.  This is a Bible study, taking a look to see if his thoughts line up with scripture.  He is not teaching doctrine, it's only a study.  Whatever you believe, it should not be a point of contention among Christians as we can agree to disagree.  He is not dogmatic, just offering a possibility.  There are things we just don't know and I too want to know where "Cain got his wife."  I do not endorse or support his thoughts but I don't necessarily disagree with him either!  Listen and make your own choice, remembering, we are saved, not by knowing how God created the earth but rather believing that He did and did it as He saw "good"!  Not necessary for salvation!  A fun and interesting study!  I'd love to hear your thoughts!  

The "GAP THEORY"....

NOTE:  This "gap theory" is not about  millions of years ago...

NOT ABOUT EVOLUTION!

IS THERE A GAP IN CREATION?

YES OR NO?

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

THE TRINITY - GOD IS ONE BY ABALONEKID

GOD IS ONE GOD!!!

2 Corinthians 13:
14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

JESUS OUR LORD GOD AND SAVIOR SENT BY GOD OUR FATHER FULL OF GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT

THE WORD

Jesus is The Word. He was in the beginning (always was from everlasting time before to everlasting time ahead)

John 1:
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Jesus had no beginning! HE WAS. He was already there IN THE BEGINNING!

And the scriptures state: AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD. This anyone who can read must conclude that " and the Word was with God" means just what it says!

Jesus is separate and distinct from God the Father. We cannot... CANNOT identify Him as God The Father because he WAS WITH GOD!

Then some yahoo will say:

"If he is with God then HE is not God" !!! And that yahoo will sputter and protest when they get this truth next:

"AND THE WORD WAS GOD" !!! A clear declaration that the Lord Jesus Christ IS God!

No true Christian can get rid of the deity of Jesus Christ.

So the WORD was Jesus Christ and He is God!

Furthermore

John 1:
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

He pitched His tent among us! And they that saw Him and touched Him BEHELD HIS GLORY! Jesus brought all the deity with Him! FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH.

Heb.1:
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:

John 1:
18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

JESUS IS God in the flesh. He revealed something of GOD as God the Son. (and do NOT forget God the Holy Spirit!) He came to reveal GOD from the heart of GOD. From the bosom OF GOD He came

John 14:
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.

7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it suffices us.

9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?

10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwells in me, he does the works.

John 4:
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

John 6:
38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

How can we KNOW anything about GOD? By knowing Jesus Christ, God The Son! IN THE FLESH BY HIS WORD because HE IS GOD.

SUPPLEMENTAL TRUTHS

I John 5:7
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

Matt. 3:16-17 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Matt. 28:
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

2 Cor. 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.


GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT

John 15:
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, He shall testify of me.

Gal. 4:
6 And Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

THREE MAKES ONE GOD

That there are distinctions among the three Persons of the Trinity is clear from Scripture.

For example, each Person has a slightly different role in the salvation of mankind:

OUR SALVATION IS BASED ON THE FATHER'S POWER & LOVE

John 3:
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 10:
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

THE SON'S DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION

1 John 2:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Eph. 2:
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

AND THE HOLY SPIRIT'S REGENERATION IN US AND PERMANENT SEAL MAKING US GOD'S PROPERTY FOREVER!

Eph.4:
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Titus 3:
5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

The different tasks the Father, Son, and Spirit perform help inform our understanding of the Trinity.

There is also a voluntary subordination among the Trinity, in that the Father “sent” the Son

John 6:
57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eats (believes in) me, even he shall live by me.

The Father and the Son “send” the Spirit.

John 15:
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me:

And the Spirit will “speak only what he hears”.

John 16:
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

CO-EQUAL IN EXISTENCE : DIFFERING MINISTRATIONS

The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are, in existence, equal, but they are economically distinct. That is, they have different roles. But each member of the Trinity is God.

The Father is God

John 6:
27 Labor not for the meat which perishes, but for that meat which endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

Rom.1:
7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Pet.1
2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

The Son is God

John 1:
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Col.2:
9 For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

Heb.1:
8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.


God the Holy Spirit

1 Cor.3:
16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

1 Cor.6:
19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

Rom.8:
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells in you.

12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

THE TRINITY IS PERFECT AS ONE

The perfect relationships within the Trinity are difficult to understand, yet they are what all humanity is drawn toward. Perfect love and perfect fellowship exist within the economic Trinity. In His love God draws us into fellowship with Himself. Praise Him for “the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit”

2 Corinthians 13:
14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

CONCLUSION

The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God—but there is only one God. That is the biblical doctrine of the Trinity. Beyond that, the issues are, to a certain extent, debatable and non-essential. Rather than attempting to fully define the Trinity with our finite human minds, we would be better served by focusing on the fact of God's greatness and His infinitely higher nature.

Romans 11:
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counselor?

Chaim, least