Or else!
Posted on 10/08/2017 12:28:07 PM PDT by SVTCobra03
In America today, there are roughly 300,000 churches claiming to represent Jesus Christ, that’s an average of 6,000 churches per state. That’s a lot of churches. So why are so many professing Christians ignorant about the main theme of the Bible? Because there is not one in a thousand that preaches Bible doctrine, and not one in ten thousand that believes the book of Revelation is a road map of the future.
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1 Corinthians 9:19-23 King James Version (KJV)
19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
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There is no “church” to be found in the word.
Oh??
The Word has 114 places where the word 'church' is used in the Bible.
But; if you REALLY want to get into a tangled furball fight over it, here's a good place to start: https://www.bing.com/search?q=the+word+church+in+the+bible&form=EDGEAR&qs=PF&cvid=2ff3020dace94627b36a64921e220bd7&cc=US&setlang=en-US
HMMMmmm...
Revelation 7:9 English Standard Version (ESV)
9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
...we have this treasure in jars of clay...
In a practical way, how does believing in the rapture preclude me from ministering to the poor?
I can think and act at the same time.
Oooops.....
Sounds like Jesus was “calling” them.
Thanks for pointing out that some things that JESUS said were directed at specific persons; for a specific need.
WAY too many folks tend to believe that EVERYTHING He said was meant to be taken by EVERYONE as instructions.
Weren't they a punk rock band from Seattle in the '90's?
Or else!
Thus; ALL should end up being 'called'; Right?
I guess not; if Google can’t find ‘em!
Different people have different gifts.
Jesus says all of Scripture is about Him. That is what should be preached, from Genesis though Revelation.
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HMMMmmm... all you want.
The word plainly states that only those that sojourn WITH ISRAEL will be saved.
Israel is spread throughout the nations of this world.
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>> “The Word has 114 places where the word ‘church’ is used in the Bible.” <<
Mistranslated! - Not church but his Kehillah; the assembly of all who will be saved on the day of trumpets, stretching back 6000 years.
There is no post resurerection body separate from the Kehillah. That idea is satanic fiction.
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The “New Covenant” is as Jeremiah revealed, the old covenant renewed in sinless blood of our kinsman redeemer.
The only covenant there is remains with the believing remnant of the House of Judah, and the House of Israel.
The text of that covenant is Torah.
We partake of that covenant by sojourning with Israel.
There is no other path provided.
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‘In a practical way, how does believing in the rapture preclude me from ministering to the poor?’
A careful reading of Matthew 25:33ff reveals it’s not just the poor whom we must care for with an agape kind of love. Not everyone in prison is poor. Certainly not every sick person is poor. The rich get sick too.
The division of people according to those who will spend eternity with God and those who are eternally lost is not principally about caring for the poor. Rather, it’s about how we treat anyone and everyone who crosses our path. Do we exercise agape toward them and care for their needs, or do we ignore their needs despite Jesus’ direct command?
Jesus said if we love Him we will keep His commands. Formerly we were taught to love others as we love ourselves. But Jesus gave us a new commandment:
John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
How does this tie into the doctrine of the secret rapture? Again, I can only speak from experience. What I have seen is people getting so caught up in the doctrine of the secret rapture that they do not treat people who disagree with them very well at all. I.e.: proving the truth of the secret rapture becomes more important than treating others with kindness, gentleness and patience—all direct commands. Rather, rudeness is often seen as justified, since the person at the other end of the argument is stubbornly resisting ‘the truth.’
Here is another direct command. In your opinion, is it possible to argue with a person who denies the secret rapture while at the same time regarding that person as more important than yourself?
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;
No, they're a lost band that rejects Jeremiah 16:19-21
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Yehova.
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>> “The division of people according to those who will spend eternity with God and those who are eternally lost is not principally about caring for the poor. Rather, it’s about how we treat anyone and everyone who crosses our path. Do we exercise agape toward them and care for their needs, or do we ignore their needs despite Jesus’ direct command?” <<
Right On !!!
And Yeshua’s gathering of his bride at the Day of Trumpets will in no way be “secret.”
The entire world will witness it in pure anguish, then to be followed by the 10 days of the bowl judgments; the very worst days the Earth has yet suffered.
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