Recent content by banjo71

I have been reading a lot of the books of the prophets, and all I can say is wow, they had a hard row to hoe; reading Lamentations, Isaiah, Jeremiah - these guys really felt the blows that God dealt them thru the punishments God layed on His people. I am not sure, but what can we learn from the...

I know much of Jesus' ministry was about saving the lost who had never accepted Jesus before. I think I am a Christian who has lost his way. Will God help me, too? I'm in desperate need of help from our God.

What if I've got a sin that I keep stopping, starting, stopping, starting.... I am in bondage to some sin. I can come to Him in my bondage? I am really having a problem with a particular sin. I try coming to God with all my heart, and I feel like I've got to clean up my act before He will...

In Joel 2:12-13, God says Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of...

Jesus depended on the Father because this is the dynamics of the relationship within the Godhead. He still was God's right hand,God incarnate, but he took direction from the Father because within that incarnation existed the triune Godhead.. In Isaiah he speaks of one being born who would be...

I've been experiencing some awfully hard times. I was led to open to Lamentations chapter 3 last night. I also found some commentary by John Calvin on the internet. What I have learned is that God's discipline can be more severe than any of us imagined. However, His love and mercies are still...

I'm doing a study at church in Galatians called "The Glory of the Gospel". Basically, it strips away self-righteousness and exposes our sinful nature. I have learned a lot about myself. Self righteousness has pride, masks, denial, pretense, and hidden motives. Often we tend to set high...

What would Jesus do if he came to earth today? Jesus would appear in glory to judge the nations. He would set up His kingdom here on earth. We're waiting for him!

I don't think we worship God with baptism, rather we testify of a good conscience toward God in understanding Jesus' finished work on the cross to save us.

Aspen, I'm probably a moralist in the respect that I fear being called wrong, so I am anal about being right all the time - yet I burn with lust to be the hedonist!! Like the older son in the Prodigal Son parable. Jesus is working with me to learn how to trust again, and therefore learn how...

An interesting thought, "Do you trust the Holy Spirit or the counsel of men?" In Galations 1:10, Paul says thru the apostleship given him by Jesus Christ this: For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not...

What church should you go to? Let the Holy Spirit guide you. When I was 21, I had a strong call in my life to find God. I gave up all and joined the church my family went to, and they still do. God seemed unreachable, because they were putting the responsibility of justification on my own...

The two thieves on either side of the Gospel are moralistic/legalistic people and hedonistic/relativistic people.. The moralistic understand Truth but not Grace. The moralistics are like the modern day Pharisees who are well versed in the Scripture, often make calls on what's right and...

As I read this thread, I see one side warning Christians in almost an attacking way, preaching something never preached by Paul, Peter, John, or even Jesus, and one side defending its position by the Word of God so that the Gospel can be preached to all men before the tribulation. The first...

I agree totally you don't have to believe in the rapture to be and remained saved. There won't be any eternal consequences for or not believing in it or not. So it is not essential doctrine in the definition of essential saving doctrine. But ithe theory of getting caught up in the clouds is...