Posted on 04/22/2015 2:34:02 PM PDT by RnMomof7
It is not a force for good when those who claim to be Christians bash each other (often nastily) over differences they may have.
People can take something good (like the Gospel) and use in a way that is inappropriate. I would rather see people sharing the good Christ is doing in their lives...such will build up the Body of Christ and be a great encouragement. We are all going to need this encouragement in the days ahead.
How would a person use the Gospel in an inappropriate way?? What IS the Gospel?
Just because a group puts something together does not mean they follow what is in the Bible. From what I have seen on here, very few even read it.
The Bride of Christ is the focus of the Church Age, the gap between Daniel’s sixty-ninth week and the seventieth week. Not until God removes His Spirit which is in the Christians will/can the seventieth week begin. Perhaps what we ought to be discussing is ‘when will the marriage feast occur in Heaven?’ Look at the groups that will be in attendance. Not one will be there except that the Grace of God is extended to them thus they wear the wedding garment to the feast celebrating Jesus and His Bride. I find it interesting that Jesus gave this analogy BEFORE the Jews could figure out whom He is. He pinned Himself and His Grace to a Jewish ceremony of dedication, for their edification.
And even during the Church Age, God has a way of measuring the heart of man, such that His Grace can be applied to non-bride humans even as His Grace was/is applied to the Jews whose belief was/is counted for them righteousness. Unless the Garment of His righteousness is upon you, you cannot enter where ONLY perfect righteousness dwells.
Protestant folks who argue that their beloved anti-Christ, anti-Christian, Jewish Pharisee Approved Luther Subset of Scripture is correct are saying that the Pharisees who had absolutely no authority even within Judaism retained the right to dictate the content of the canon in spite of said Pharisees rejecting the entire New Testament which make such folks at best dissenting Pharisees, not Christians.
Like Pharisees, they divide into schools of thought with each individual choosing which rabbi (aka self appointed pastor) they prefer picking one as authoritative until their Self and Self Alone prefers another for some reason at a later date.
Amen!
I love the Bible enough not to use it to bash other Christian believers. At my church their is a 3 year cycle of readings from the Bible that is done.
Me too....it’s an old hymn but I bought an old hymnal and found some of the marvelous Hymns...rich in truth...unlike so much of the me and myself and Jesus sung today. Not that that’s bad...but these newer hymns seem to lack the depth the older ones do regarding Jesus and who he is.
Glad to hear you are “clear for takeoff! God is Good....and you’ve been blessed yet again!
Hello smvoice :)
Good post...
Speaking of it from an historic perspective.
Yep, He is not finished with me yet! I am still a work in progress. God bless.
The mystery and secret of the crucifixion was on purpose.
GOD could not let Satan and his demons know of this plan .. otherwise, Satan would never have plotted to kill Jesus.
The Plan was for Jesus to die on the cross - in order to pay for ALL THE SINS OF MANKIND SINCE THE BEGINNING. Jesus was born of the Spirit of God - through Mary. Jesus was a human, because of Mary. Only a human could pay for the sins of humans. GOD came in the flesh (Jesus), to pay for the sins of man.
It has to be a human being in order for the penalty of SIN to be paid; Blood had to be shed for everyone, for all time. Surely you recall that prior to Jesus, the people would go to the temple once a year and sacrifice animals by the shedding of the blood - in order to erase that family’s sins for the past year.
The secret was, you had to accept Christ as your Savior in order to benefit from the shed blood of Jesus; who’s sacrifice was to redeem and restore man unto GOD (after Satan had stolen that relationship in the Garden of Eden).
The cross is just a symbol of how Christ died. His death and the shedding of His blood was the redemption of man back unto GOD.
Andrew Murray wrote a book called, “The Holiest of All”. When we, as Christians, get a true and complete picture of all that Jesus really did for us through the shedding of His blood .. we can live a more victorious life in Christ.
You are not bitter, just telling it from an historic perspective.
....”I would rather see people sharing the good Christ is doing in their lives”....
FR has some wonderful devotional and ‘other’ threads where folks do just that...... Open forum allows for the passion and humanity that comes with convictions and truth when it’s being distorted or abused....along with the frustrations when the truth is clear and concise, the willingness to see and hear that continues to be resisted.
Walls do not always come down with a blast of dynamite....rather a few bricks at a time....but there are times when it’s necessary to let the light in.
I’m former RCC and I vaguely even remember being even told to read the Bible, much less study it, and scrutinize what Priests said.
What does the Bible say on Salvation?
What does the RCC say on it?
Which version do you trust for your eternal security?
Man’s interpretation or God’s Word?
(These are honest questions, not an attack) God Bless!
Having studied the Jewish Wedding festivities, you can see what the final wedding feast will be like.
When a Jewish couple is bequeathed, they remain apart until the time when the Father (GOD) of the Groom (Jesus) is told to go and claim his Bride (the church).
Therefore, no one knows but GOD when the final wedding will take place. We are to know the times and the seasons, but the exact day is God’s to know and ours to wonder.
We just need to pray and be ready.
....But also to be able to respect the different ways it is done.
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