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Cornyn runs every time because nobody challenges him. I keep waiting for a challenger, but they never show up. The insiders keep others out. Paxton would be perfect, but I’d hate to lose him as AG.

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Flesh, heart, and ears being circumcised, refers to receiving the Holy Spirit which all baptized Christians should receive. As the writers of Scriptures wrote Having ears they do not hear and having eyes they do not see just means the meaning is revealed by the Holy Spirit and is NOT visible to the carnal eyes and ears.

I'm trying to understand why you have taken an interest in me. If you can't understand that the Bible is written to God's people and it reveals that God considers 2 groups, God's family and Babylon. If you are not God's Kingdom people, then you are Babylon and will meet His wrath in the last days. That is the danger of people that consider themselves God's people in a denomination.

I don't know what you claim to be, but I suspect that you are Roman Catholic. In Rev 18, I believe God demands that His people leave the RCC, or any other church that thinks they are exclusive. If you don't "come out of her" you will receive the plagues of other pagans. You will have to transfer your allegiance from the RCC to Jesus Christ. You are expected to try to keep the "Law of Moses", but Jesus died on the cross to pay your sin death.

Mat 5:17 "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.

Mat 5:18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.

Mat 5:19 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Mat 5:20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.

If you are Catholic, You should know something is wrong when a Bishop or cardinal does a funeral for a "wise Guy". You are being taught that being in a certain denomination will save you no matter how you have treated the sacrifice of Jesus. When you ask a catholic what they are, many will answer Catholic, other than Christian. There are no popes, Cardinals, or nuns,in Scripture. Scriptures says I am a saint and don't need someone voting for me. We are warned to only pray to Jesus and angels, and human saints can't do anything for you. Praying to a statue or a dead mans relic can't do anything for you. Jesus had to die to save Mary as she was a sinner like anyone else.

Pray That the Holy Spirit will open the Scriptures to your heart that you may understand the wisdom God is trying to impart to you. Always study the Greek and Hebrew meanings as an English translation is often interpreted wrong.

No, God is looking for a circumcised heart. Jesus came to change carnal men into spiritual men as God is a Spiritual being. Circumcision is symbolic of cutting away useless flesh to make the spiritual point of dedicating your heart to God and abandoning our fleshly wants. Circumcision is an outward demonstration of what God wants done to your heart.

One of the things Jesus found wrong with Pharisee's was their adherence to the letter of the Law while ignoring the Spiritual meaning God is after.

It is a misunderstanding of Scripture if you believe Gentiles have other commands than Jews do. In fact you must be adopted into the Fathers family through the cross to qualify for an inheritance in the promised land. Rahab was saved and lived with the Jews to become in the line of Jesus. In fact, I don't know of any covenant with Gentiles alone. Saul/Paul was assigned to the Gentiles because Peter and others wouldn't even eat/talk to a Gentile,but the Gospel was the same. Paul didn't come to teach another religion.

The verse you are thinking of was not naming off different rules for Gentiles but He was saying they will be sitting under Moses teaching every Sabbath so eventually we will "get it", so just stop the ex pagans from the sex they were used to in their temple practices. Christians today seem to think they are exempt from everything except adulterous sex when reading this verse.

That's what I've been saying. The church Jesus built was on His own teaching stated in the Old Testament. The Bible was written by Jewish men led by the Holy Spirit. Today's churches are led by men that deny what the Bible says. Look at it this way to make it simpler, If your denomination meets on Sunday your pastor hasn't read the dozens of times God demanded that His church meet on the 7th day and God requires it. If your church observes Easter and Christmas, they are following the RCC changes made in the 4th century. If you don't know what day Jews call the "Day that no one knows the day or the hour", how will you know what day to watch for the Rapture to come?

I'm just saying without studying the Jewish culture, how can you possibly understand Scripture as it was written by Jews, to Jews. Jesus was born a Jew, lived as a Jew, died as a Jew, followed all Jewish Feast Days, and is sitting on His Throne as the Lion of Judah.

Most of what goes on in a modern American Christian church is made up and doesn't even resemble the traditions Paul was speaking of in Scripture. There are even ministrations in the KJV That say "Easter" in Acts that say "Passover" in Greek. When the Bible says "The first day of the week" in the NT, it's actually is speaking of the "Sabbaton" or the first of several Sabbaths. A Jew's Sabbath starts Friday evening and ends on Saturday evening even today after thousands of years and several calendar changes. They still follow what the Bible says they should do thousands of years after God gave it to them. The problems they have following God's commands is because they have no temple and missed their Messiah. Jesus came to tell them that what was taught to carnal man will have to be followed by the Spiritual man they would become upon receiving the Holy Spirit. The "new Temple" is now your body and not a stone temple. Peter called it a tent and others named it a house, Tabernacle, or temple. That is why Jesus said if you look at a woman with lust you have already committed adultery. It's no longer enough to just not have physical intercourse with a woman to remain sinless. The Jews can't wait to build the next Temple, but they don't understand that the old sacrifices have been done away with with Jesus and the Antichrist will use the new physical temple to sacrifice a pig and call himself god.

How did we get from the church Jesus started to what we have today? The traditions you are raising here are written in Scripture. Not one church today is recognizable from Scripture. Have you seen the rainbow flags hanging from the pulpits today?<p. Paul is saying in this verses is to hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. That doesn’t resemble what goes on in denominations today.

Those are traditions of Scripture. There are many references to going back to the "old" teachings. Paul is telling them to "stand Fast" on God's Word. When Leviticus 23 tells us to observe days given to us by God and a man from Rome tells us to change to Sunday and stop observing Passover and Tabernacles and replace it with Easter and Christmas.

Each denomination has concentrated on some small detail to blow up as the only way to Heaven or to avoid sin to call attention to their sect. As an example the Church of Christ doesn't allow instruments in church, yet Psa 150 speaks of all kinds of instruments. All of them follow Sunday worship that came from a pope in the 4th century when the 4th Commandment demands 7th day worship. Catholics worship Mary and dozens of so called saints, along with statues, relics, paintings, and much more. Catholics have changed so much of Scripture that its' fairly easy to make Babylon out of the RCC. Whether it's Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, or anyone of a dozen more sects, they all believe they are following the Scriptures closely. Gentile Christian church should resemble closer to Messianic Judaism than the mishmash it does today.

Almost every aspect of worship differs from Scriptures in some way. From how we take Communion to dunking vs. sprinkling for Baptism to repeating prayers over and over are all suspect when reading Scripture. Most of the "traditions" have come from a sect that has a pope when there is none mentioned by Scripture, no nuns, no cardinals, that worships statues in their yards, in their cars, and on the side of the roads. What is the difference in worshiping a carved stick or a stone in your pocket?

Traditions of men are very different than the traditions laid down thousands of years ago commanded by God.

From the time I became "born again" I probably went to 7-8 different churches of 3-4 denominations. When I got tired and frustrated of looking for a church that followed the Bible, ( I actually read the Bible and ended up teaching Sunday School in the last 4 churches), I finally asked myself what the church was like that Jesus started.

First of all you have to admit that Jesus was a Jew and His Apostles were all Jews. Scripture was written by Jews for Jews and Genesis 48 speaks of Joseph's 2 Gentile children being adopted by Jacob who was renamed 'Israel", by the blessing of the cross. I'm not aware of a single covenant made by God with Gentiles without the blessing of the cross.

Jesus observed the 7th day Sabbath, and ALL the Leviticus 23 Feast Days and never observed Easter and Christmas.

We are taught that the Jews were God's chosen people and given all the oracles of God and Gentiles must be adopted to receive an inheritance from God.

No one was teaching this from the pulpit. Everyone met on Sunday even though the 4th Commandment said otherwise. Do Gentiles have just 9 Commandments? Well then it was explained to me that we are NOT under the Law. So I can commit murder, lie, steal and commit adultery as long as I claim Christ? Matthew 5 says (in red letters) that not one jot or tittle will change as long as there is a a heaven and earth. Well then what law did Jesus fulfill on the cross? He died to fulfill the law of sin and death. If we sinned, we wouldn't have to die, but all the Commandments were still in effect. We should at least look like redeemed people even if we aren't perfect.

So I ended up having home church on the Sabbath and looked at Scripture from a Jewish point of view. I teach the "spiritual language" such as rocks and stones are always Jesus, Bread is Jesus and water is words, leaven, wolves, and birds of the air and beasts of the field are always demons, Trees are men and unnamed women are churches. The Holy Spirit used these terms from Genesis to Revelation to describe what He was writing about. had as many as 18 people in my home, but now have 4-6 people come to an elderly woman's house because it's too difficult for her to get out.

The truth is anyone can have Bible study in their own home, pray and take communion, and fellowship with others, while asking God to reveal Himself and come into our presence.

Anytime we fellowship with denominational churches, we are confronted with Sunday worship and Easter and Christmas, even with Halloween.

Scripture teaches us to shun "traditions of men" and that's what denominations are. Our "church" is basically what Jesus did in the 1st century and we follow Scripture for questions about what we have read. Most pastors of churches today follow what was taught in seminary. If I had to describe what our home church is like it would resemble a Messianic Jewish sect that only knows about 50-75 Hebrew words. I started awhile ago taking video of my teaching and have posted about 171 of them on Youtube and Rumble. Since changing locations, I've stopped doing that and use teachings from like minded teachers on Youtube such as Baruch Korman and others.

If I was asked, I would claim "non denominational" and will never go back to the Easter/Christmas/Sunday churches.

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..."People say it to be nice to jews so they don’t feel left out. It’s fairly meaningless."...

On the contrary, Salvation is from the Jews. We received the Law from the Jews. There is no Christianity without the Jews. The Jews are God's chosen people and we don't get to Heaven without being adopted by Jacob (renamed Israel)(Gen 48). You cannot understand the Bible without knowing the Jewish customs and culture. The Bible was written by Jews to the Jews by Jewish prophets. Jesus is a Jew and His Apostles were Jews. Jesus lived as a Jew, followed all the Jewish Feasts and worshiped on the Jewish Sabbath. Jesus died as the King of the Jews and is now in Heaven as the Lion of Judah. There is no inheritance of Heaven without being adopted into spiritual Israel through the blessing of the cross as in Gen 48. All covenants were made with the Jews and Gentiles cannot take part in a covenant without joining Jacob in adoption. There are no covenants made with Gentiles without going through this adoption into Israel(Jacob).

If you have been adopted into God's family, then Jews are literally your brothers.

..."But of that day and hour no one knoweth, not the angels of heaven, but the Father alone."...

If you read the Bible as a Jew would, they know the Day no one knows the day or the hour is The Feast of Trumpets. Trumpets is call the day no one knows because it only starts when two priests see the New Moon. All the other Feasts begin on a full moon.

Have you ever seen a moon in the daylight hours? The New Moon can start at any time over a 2 day time period, so they watch over 2 days. When they see it, they start blowing the shofar for 100 blasts. The last blast is called the "Last Trump". The Last Trump is only found on Trumpets.

We don't know which Trumpets the Rapture will happen, but it will happen on Trumpets.

Just as Jesus was killed on a Passover, nobody knew which Passover it would be. The Leviticus 23 Feasts are set aside By God for Him to rehearse what He has for us in history. Jesus died on Passover, was buried on Unleavened Bread, and rose on First Fruits. The church was born on Pentecost, and the next feast day to fill is Trumpets. Easter and Christmas are Pagan days introduced by a pope to attract Pagans to Christianity.

The confusion comes from Antisemitism by the RCC that excommunicated, tortured, and murdered people that kept the Feast days and 7th day Sabbath called for in the 10 Commandments.

Always remember that Jesus was Jewish, the Apostles were Jewish, The Bible is Jewish, The prophets were Jewish, All covenants were made with the Jews, and Jesus is on His throne in Heaven as the "Lion of Judah." Salvation can only come from the Jews and a Gentile must be adopted into the Family of God by the blessing of the cross as found in Genesis 48 or you are not eligible to receive and inheritance in the "Promised Land."

Christians have argued for hundreds of years about being good enough to go to Heaven and there are many ways to get to Heaven, but the answer is in Scripture To be adopted into Gods Family by the blood of Jesus and His work on the cross to receive your inheritance in Heaven. Jesus died to pay your cost on the Law wages if sin, instead of just another "beast" to be slaughtered. According to Matthew 5, the Law will never be done away with, But by being adopted, we are now Sons of God and are now due an inheritance from our Father. In order to understand Scripture, it's important to understand Jewish things. Trying to understand the Bible using American meanings and culture is missing the mark.

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I won't go anywhere near $300 for TV. I dropped DTV for $150. I'm debating over Sling TV or You Tube for $40 or $65 but just can't pull the trigger. I could pay You Tube $65 and drop my cable speed to save a couple bucks. I'm debating if I need 400 bps for surfing. There again if I drop the speed and TV has to buffer every 20 seconds I'll throw something.

Maybe I could get the wife to get a second job./s

I already get those for free. I like Gutfeld and a couple of others on FNC.

There is nowhere you can go that doesn't bombard you with LGBT crap. Finding movies and programing at least 10 years old is the only cure for that. Several years ago there was a meeting that required each medium to have some amount of LGBT crap involved, and that includes commercials.

I watch older TV series and most of them have a sympathetic view pushed out that makes you watch LGBT content to follow the series. LGBT represents probably less than 2% in the real world but will make up as much as 50% of the TV content.

You will also notice that as much as 80% of content will have a white male married to a black female that makes her right to make the male look idiotic. A black male will inevitably have a white female mate, but him appearing to be wrong in the inevitable conflict is much less than the white male. LGBTQ NEVER is portrayed in a negative light. There are never any bank robbers, murderers, or any criminal LBGTQ individuals.

The bottom line is the Hollywood image is the only image you will receive, including cartoons for the kids, on modern TV. Producers and writers can't get a loan or financing if they don't tow the line. The new Jaguar add is a perfect example. Someone wrote that, presented it to the company, presented it to the financial people, shot the commercial, and then got someone to play it on TV. Nowhere in that stream was anyone smart enough to say "no way!"

My problem has been getting FNC. I'm already paying $90 a month for internet, and to add $50-$60 a month just to get FNC defeats the purpose of dropping DTV. I'm able to get OOAN and Newsmax free, but I like FNC best.

Any suggestions?