Be Rapture Ready Or Be Left Behind!! Your Choice!!

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Helen

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So what are you preaching in the bar?
A)Jehovah's witness?
B)Roman Catholicism?
C)Trinity?
D)Oneness?
E)Mormonism?
F)All of the above?
G)None of the above?

Please explain

Now you are being totally ridiculous.

Jesus Christ and Him crucified ...the GOOD NEWS.
Ever heard of it?

We get new people joining this Forum all the time.
So it doesn't take us long to "get peoples number".

"Religion" over the Spirit , always smells "off".
 

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How do I know it was God? Not all who claims to come in the name of the Lord are of God.

Oh..you are a waste of time...just go and jump in the next pond.
The Enemy often sends your kind into forums , trolls just to test the "patience of the saints" .... I am done with you..got your number for sure. You are just here to be obtuse and annoying.

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Many people claims God's Anointing when after tested it is clearly not. Surely there must be some standard.
Can you tell me "the standard" Jesus used to heal blind eyes? Please tell us the one accepted method He used.
 
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Now you are being totally ridiculous.

Jesus Christ and Him crucified ...the GOOD NEWS.
Ever heard of it?

We get new people joining this Forum all the time.
So it doesn't take us long to "get peoples number".

"Religion" over the Spirit , always smells "off".
Ridiculous? Scripture says; "prove all things, keep that which is good" and "test the spirits" and I'm doing just that.
 

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One of these days, when you are, you will also know as we do.
Ok, by your statement I take it that you judged me as not ready? Once again, what is your standard anf how how did you come to that conclusion?
 

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God's Word. Simple.
But to identity the spirit By the Word sometimes take time.
No, many times He did not heal by the utterance of even one syllable of God's previously written word. (This might be a good thing for you to do some research and study on.)
 
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No, many times He did not heal by the utterance of even one syllable of God's previously written word. (This might be a good thing for you to do some research and study on.
So you say God's Word is not the standard whether to judge right from wrong?
 

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Ok, by your statement I take it that you judged me as not ready? Once again, what is your standard anf how how did you come to that conclusion?
I've judged nothing. You are the one who expressed a desire to learn how you could know. Those were your very words.
 

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I still wish (after asking probably at least 50 times on different forums) that someone, somewhere could tell me what a Christian has to do to "get ready?"

LUKE 19
12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, *Occupy till I come.
14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

*Strong's Concordance
pragmateuomai: to busy oneself
Original Word: πραγματεύομαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: pragmateuomai
Phonetic Spelling: (prag-mat-yoo'-om-ahee)
Short Definition: I transact business, trade
Definition: I transact business, trade.


The Christian's "business" (which is spiritual in serving God and Christ) is fully spelled out in the New Testament. Jesus said "I must be about my Father's business" and He expects Christians to say and do exactly that.
 

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The Christian's "business" (which is spiritual in serving God and Christ) is fully spelled out in the New Testament. Jesus said "I must be about my Father's business" and He expects Christians to say and do exactly that.

I suppose what mystifies me Enoch, is the way it is preached...ie
"Rapture Ready". So people are admonished to stay and 'live ready'
Which is really- "I Do , so I can Get "
Not ' I Do, because I love..' regardless.

To tell people that- "If they are good, santa with bring something for christmas ". Bad boys do not get anything.

ALL of us should "Live ready" ..always awake..always have our lamps lite. The oil being ..love, the Holy Spirit, or whatever the oil represents.
We abide in Him because we love, not to earn a ticket out of here.

That is one of my pet peeves against the rapture teaching.
If we ALL live as we are called to live..and Abide In Him.
Rapture or no rapture ...we will be' ready', ...dressed right, and ready.

Just saying. :)
 

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I believe the Rapture is more than just living a good Christian life. It would be a necessity. It will be a matter of life and death. Like the passover and the blood upon the lintel.

"When I see the blood, I will pass"
 

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I suppose what mystifies me Enoch, is the way it is preached...ie
"Rapture Ready". So people are admonished to stay and 'live ready'
Which is really- "I Do , so I can Get "
Not ' I Do, because I love..' regardless.
Once the matter of serving God and Christ becomes self-centered, it is no longer service to God. God wants selfless service, and that is what will be rewarded in Heaven. In this parable the servants who were commended were FAITHFUL STEWARDS of what Christ had given them.
 
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I suppose what mystifies me Enoch, is the way it is preached...ie
"Rapture Ready". So people are admonished to stay and 'live ready'
Which is really- "I Do , so I can Get "
Not ' I Do, because I love..' regardless.

To tell people that- "If they are good, santa with bring something for christmas ". Bad boys do not get anything.

ALL of us should "Live ready" ..always awake..always have our lamps lite. The oil being ..love, the Holy Spirit, or whatever the oil represents.
We abide in Him because we love, not to earn a ticket out of here.

That is one of my pet peeves against the rapture teaching.
If we ALL live as we are called to live..and Abide In Him.
Rapture or no rapture ...we will be' ready', ...dressed right, and ready.

Just saying. :)
Even the very title of this thread reeks of that kind of "CYA" thinking.
 
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Wow, did you just insult Jesus. They said the same thing about Him because He went to the same places she and other fine Godly people like her go..... to the ones that need Him the most, and the ones that He, Himself, said He was sent to seek and save.

I get your point.

I do not have a problem with being in a bar, listening to music, drinking a beer, and striking up a conversation about Scripture, to think that makes me appear evil.
I also know if the bar plays disgusting music, the patrons behavior/ intent, if it's a pick-up joint ....that doesn't trip my trigger to presume "they" would want to hear, or even remember if they did.

Just saying ...Bar....itself does not always mean ...evil prevails.

God Bless,
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How do I know it was God? Not all who claims to come in the name of the Lord are of God.

How?

VERIFY According to His Word and His Way.

For example: if someone is preaching Get Rich with Jesus....and expound if you believe your Debts will vanish.... Beware!

Getting Rich with Jesus, has nothing to do with money...and everything to do with being made Spiritually WHOLE.

God Bless,
Taken