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I'm with you on this, buzzfruit. 1 Samuel 8 1 Now it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba. 3 But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside...

Interesting Tex. I'm not sure I grasped everything you meant, so correct me if I understand you wrong... Here's the understanding I have of it. The Israel of God is God's people, Jewish or Gentile, that are in Christ. Israel according to the flesh is the Jews, currently living in a place...

When we try to change the governments of this world in the physical, we just get a different flavor of the same thing. Praying is good... Voting? It's just picking your flavor of corruption. Each has it's 'good' and it's 'bad'. To truly change a city or a country, one must wrestle with...

Well said. It is not about Israel according to the flesh, but Israel according to the Spirit. (Israel means 'he who reigns with God', which reminds us of a promise of Jesus in Revelation) Accorrding to my understanding, God does indeed which to bring the Jews back in the fold. But this is not...

Yes. It is a letter of Paul, and I think its wise to question. It is by my studying and my seeking the Lord that I have found what Paul says to further explain what Jesus taught, and what his revelation is. Only indoctrination teaches you to accept everything and just say it must be so...

I think we can definitely pray for our needs. The lesson lies in our hearts and attitude in so doing. Someone told me a story of a man who had need of money, and could find no work. And so he started crying out to God, despairing before him. Then the Lord told him to praise him instead, and he...

Amen! Very well said Rach! It's not about hierarchy, men make a mistake when they take it like that and Lord it over women, being dominant. But it's about order. The feminist mistake I find (in the church) is to see a fault, men using hierarchy, and then going on to break both hierarchy AND...

The work of the devil is to destroy the work of God... What else would he do? When I say he is antiChrist, that's what I mean. He follows after Christ to destroy whatever Christ does.

Absolutely! :) One cannot rely on the power of the flesh, the power of the sword, the powers of this earth and rely at the same time on the power of God. That is simply because God will not share his glory. Those things are in complete opposition to him and we must choose to renounce all...

Christ made one new man... In Him there is no more Jew nor Gentile. This is his bride. He destroyed the wall of partition and made a new covenant, according to which all those who are in Him are one. Yet we try to rebuild what God has destroyed, and separate ourselves from the Jews. Judah is...

Hi loveiskind! :) Happy it's helping you on your walk... I've been reading 'The Subversion of Christianity' by Jacques Ellul... Excellent book, a real eye opener as to what Christianity is to be. Blessings in the Lord :)

What point are you trying to make? :huh: If you mean that the devil is the antiChrist, I agree. :) Only I would say the devil is the most sly of enemies. The light (literally!) under which he shows himself is deceitful and I'm just not going to opiniate about something I don't know. The...

OOPS! If I meant to confuse you more, I just scored a 3 pointer... Or made the highlight reels :lol: It should read: We get no glory, because it is not our strength but His power. Sorry about that... And since I just came back to read it later, I couldnt edit it :blink: :lol: Blessings :)

Indeed, few will enter. Although I have to admit, I would not call following Jesus a science... Much to the opposite! Following Jesus requires that we believe the leading of the Spirit OVER what our five senses tell us, and ultimately that means over worldly science (knowledge). The Spirit...

And we shouldn't play around with the powders of this world. Sorry for making light of this. Only I want to point to what I see in this. Our modern 'Christianity' is basically 'playing church' every sunday morning. I judge no man in this, God is the judge. But I do see that the institution has...

Sounds phony!

It's my pleasure to clarify... I don't think I'm always the clearest either, so I'll try to explain it so you can understand it where you're coming from :) Following Jesus means submitting to God in faith. In other words, you give your life over and accept to submit to him in all things, trust...

Yes. Well said, brother. We must not be double-minded when asking the Lord for things. But with one mind (ie our minds set on him only, and not earthly things) we must seek him for his will. That is how we knock, and the door is opened, and we seek, and find. :)