How many have ever changed their minds...

[bbyrd009]

not a religious ritual at all i guess

I'm curious about the "pure language" to come.

naive dialect, surely?

 

[marks]

So like consuming the spirit of Christ from the bread and juice? That is an interesting theology. I believe Christ is with us in spirit during the Lord's supper, but just not in the bread and juice.

He's with us because He's always with us, I think!

Much love!

 

[marks]

Or..He CAN be if He wishes. To make His presence to be something we control is like a form of conjuring. Way too religious.

But God is free to come and go as He pleases. Our job is to attract God by our faith and our acts.

Hebrews 13
5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

I think we are better to rest in His promise, rather then our own perceptions of our performance. But that's just me.

Isn't it more 'religeous' to think that we are going to appeal to God by our good works?

His commands are to trust, and to love.

Much love!

 

[marks]

Yeah, looked it up quickly and changed my post with an opinion added.

I'd never heard the term myself. The beauty of the internet!

Much love!

 

[Mayflower]

Please excuse me for all the types. I have lately had one hand to type with. I usually go back and retype them. Those Catholic terms are interesting. Thanks for sharing.

 

[farouk]

I thought apostlea are ones who saw Christ in the flesh ...

@Mayflower Along with many believers, I would see the Apostolic era as over, but we have in Scripture the body of the doctrine and faith 'one delivered to the saints' (Jude).

 

[michaelvpardo]

I believe He is present, spiritually

God is always present, His omnipresence is a given from a theological standpoint, even if we aren't aware of it.

 

[michaelvpardo]

not a religious ritual at all i guess

naive dialect, surely?

If you mean innocent, I would be inclined to agree.

 

[michaelvpardo]

I'd never heard the term myself. The beauty of the internet!

Much love!

It's nice to have the world at your fingertips, but it is the world. I like using Christian resources for study but don't find them entirely reliable. I have a John McArthur study bible as an ebook, but don't find it particularly helpful for a word search to identify 500 or more listings including partial words and commentary. I can find things quicker with my old hardcover edition of Strong's concordance. You'd think at least 1 or 2 filters would've been included in the code.
I've used the bible gateway web site for a quick search but have encountered similar problems and at times no search results for a word for word entry in the search field. I was so annoyed once that I opened a bible (ebook) copy and pasted a whole verse, edited out any extraneous characters for footnotes or formatting, selected the correct version of bible, and still had 0 results. It seems that they don't like verses about sin or judgment, but maybe I'm reading into what just amounts to poor web design.
I found a software package for bible study that was inexpensive, easy to use, and had a huge database of Bibles that included all the versions that I've owned and read, and then some. It worked on my Windows 98 machine and on my XP computer, but I had to upgrade for Windows 7. Unfortunately, something on the Windows 7 machine keeps changing the visible attribute for the software windows , just with that bible library software, so that I had to reinstall it periodically in order to see anything when it opened. Then I lost the CD.
None of my old software runs in my latest laptop, and none of the bible software that runs on the Windows 10 platform could be called cheap. Does Bill Gates have a problem with bible study? Currently I have a kindle app on my laptop so I can open various ebook versions that I purchased and search them, do copy and paste, but the limitations of the ebooks remain (such as the tremendous search results with the McArthur study bible). It's a bit frustrating and I've worked with tech for over 40 years.
Ever get the feeling that someone was trying to keep you in the dark?

 

[2 Chr. 34:19]

So like consuming the spirit of Christ from the bread and juice? That is an interesting theology. I believe Christ is with us in spirit during the Lord's supper, but just not in the bread and juice.

He is “For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.” Matt.18:20

 

[bbyrd009]

If you mean innocent, I would be inclined to agree.

ah well i never heard of "innocent dialect" so you would have to hip me up i guess
what is "satan's dialectic?"

 

[marks]

Ever get the feeling that someone was trying to keep you in the dark?

That sounds frustrating!

And reminds me . . . the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience. There's the conspiracy underlying them all!

My favorites are ESword.net and Scripture4all.org.

I actually have an old version of ESword I use at home, because I have all the Bible versions with it, and I don't want to have to preplace them all.

Scripture4all.org, Interlinear Scripture Analyzer, which you can download, I use this all the time:


Much love!

 

[Mayflower]

He is “For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.” Matt.18:20

In the slices of bread or juice though? ^_^

I understand what you are saying and do believe He is in our midst. I just don't interpret it the same as far as when Christ said this is my body and blood. And I don't think Ill change my mind on that, but pretty neat term to learn! So God bless you sister.

 

[2 Chr. 34:19]

In the slices of bread or juice though? ^_^

I understand what you are saying and do believe He is in our midst. I just don't interpret it the same as far as when Christ said this is my body and blood. And I don't think Ill change my mind on that, but pretty neat term to learn! So God bless you sister.

The Lord bless you too

 

[farouk]

He is “For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.” Matt.18:20

@2 Chr. 34:19 Great verse there; I like the simplicity of it, don't you? There is so much Christian activity but it's good to remember first principles.

 

[farouk]

In the slices of bread or juice though? ^_^

I understand what you are saying and do believe He is in our midst. I just don't interpret it the same as far as when Christ said this is my body and blood. And I don't think Ill change my mind on that, but pretty neat term to learn! So God bless you sister.

@Mayflower 1 Corinthians 11.23-26 shows the Lord's Supper is a remembrance.

 

[farouk]

It's nice to have the world at your fingertips, but it is the world. I like using Christian resources for study but don't find them entirely reliable. I have a John McArthur study bible as an ebook, but don't find it particularly helpful for a word search to identify 500 or more listings including partial words and commentary. I can find things quicker with my old hardcover edition of Strong's concordance. You'd think at least 1 or 2 filters would've been included in the code.
I've used the bible gateway web site for a quick search but have encountered similar problems and at times no search results for a word for word entry in the search field. I was so annoyed once that I opened a bible (ebook) copy and pasted a whole verse, edited out any extraneous characters for footnotes or formatting, selected the correct version of bible, and still had 0 results. It seems that they don't like verses about sin or judgment, but maybe I'm reading into what just amounts to poor web design.
I found a software package for bible study that was inexpensive, easy to use, and had a huge database of Bibles that included all the versions that I've owned and read, and then some. It worked on my Windows 98 machine and on my XP computer, but I had to upgrade for Windows 7. Unfortunately, something on the Windows 7 machine keeps changing the visible attribute for the software windows , just with that bible library software, so that I had to reinstall it periodically in order to see anything when it opened. Then I lost the CD.
None of my old software runs in my latest laptop, and none of the bible software that runs on the Windows 10 platform could be called cheap. Does Bill Gates have a problem with bible study? Currently I have a kindle app on my laptop so I can open various ebook versions that I purchased and search them, do copy and paste, but the limitations of the ebooks remain (such as the tremendous search results with the McArthur study bible). It's a bit frustrating and I've worked with tech for over 40 years.
Ever get the feeling that someone was trying to keep you in the dark?

@michaelvpardo Often when it comes to looking up Bible verses it's a case of whatever works, which may happen to be to hand....

 

[BarneyFife]

It's nice to have the world at your fingertips, but it is the world. I like using Christian resources for study but don't find them entirely reliable. I have a John McArthur study bible as an ebook, but don't find it particularly helpful for a word search to identify 500 or more listings including partial words and commentary. I can find things quicker with my old hardcover edition of Strong's concordance. You'd think at least 1 or 2 filters would've been included in the code.
I've used the bible gateway web site for a quick search but have encountered similar problems and at times no search results for a word for word entry in the search field. I was so annoyed once that I opened a bible (ebook) copy and pasted a whole verse, edited out any extraneous characters for footnotes or formatting, selected the correct version of bible, and still had 0 results. It seems that they don't like verses about sin or judgment, but maybe I'm reading into what just amounts to poor web design.
I found a software package for bible study that was inexpensive, easy to use, and had a huge database of Bibles that included all the versions that I've owned and read, and then some. It worked on my Windows 98 machine and on my XP computer, but I had to upgrade for Windows 7. Unfortunately, something on the Windows 7 machine keeps changing the visible attribute for the software windows , just with that bible library software, so that I had to reinstall it periodically in order to see anything when it opened. Then I lost the CD.
None of my old software runs in my latest laptop, and none of the bible software that runs on the Windows 10 platform could be called cheap. Does Bill Gates have a problem with bible study? Currently I have a kindle app on my laptop so I can open various ebook versions that I purchased and search them, do copy and paste, but the limitations of the ebooks remain (such as the tremendous search results with the McArthur study bible). It's a bit frustrating and I've worked with tech for over 40 years.
Ever get the feeling that someone was trying to keep you in the dark?

Biblehub.com is pretty nice. Also the Sword Project; MySword for Android; Don't know about iOS.

 

[michaelvpardo]

Biblehub.com is pretty nice. Also the Sword Project; MySword for Android; Don't know about iOS.

Thank you for the info. I own a Motorola phone with Android OS.

 

[farouk]

Thank you for the info. I own a Motorola phone with Android OS.

@michaelvpardo Do you find some of the 'phone gadgets rather small to use? I do; I prefer a large screen...