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Hello @Behold, In your zeal I believe you are inadvertently overlooking who Mary was, and the line of descent that made her the necessary Mother of the Lord Jesus Christ. Through her, and through Joseph (by law), the Lord Jesus Christ became both heir to the land, as Son of Abraham, and heir...

Hello @Amazing@grace, Good question, but it needs a thread of it's own I think, to do justice to it would perhaps derail this one. With love In Christ Jesus Chris

Hello @Triumph1300, Forgive me, but I do not understand what you are trying to convey by this. Thank you In Christ Jesus Chris

Hello @Wrangler Perhaps you should show a little respect to me too, though a woman. I do not understand your objection to my use of the word, 'however': but it would have been kinder if you could have accepted my comment, without the bold lettered rebuke. Within the love of Christ our...

Hello @Triumph1300, I read a verse earlier which I found interesting in relation to the judgments we make, and how it contrasts with that of our Lord Himself. For He says in John 8:15-16, 'Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not...

Hello @Wrangler, I understand why you have introduced this subject, in the light of how males and females are perceived today. God's order is being overturned, and the roles of the male and female questioned and disparaged in many areas of life. However we are to respect one another whatever...

Hi @CoreIssue, The seed is in the Mother, and the Father fertilizes it. The Father also determines the sex of the child born. 'And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou...

Hello @Josho, I have been reading this morning of God's purpose in Israel, and the part that the 'furnace' and the 'flame' played during their history. The furnace and the flame that was part of the covenant making of God with Abram in Genesis 15:17, which Abram saw while sleep. These...

Hello @marks, I hope it isn't happening here, but who am I to say it is not. Forgive me for having so much to say lately, I do seem to be standing-on-my-soap-box a little too freely over the past few days. Maybe it is a consequence of a year of lockdown restrictions. o_O Thank you With love...

'I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God...

'Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.' (Psa 33:8) Hello @kcnalp, It is so easy to blame those in authority over us for what is happening within our nations, and to deny any personal responsibility for the decline of all we hold dear. Yet...

Hi @marks Controlling a pandemic is new territory for the governments concerned, and each is attempting to control it in the best way they can. They have sought the best medical advice possible and are enforcing rules and regulations in order to control peoples behaviour to minimise the spread...

'Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when iHs glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. If ye be reproached...

Hello @Backlit, Would you please explain what you mean by the words, 'historicism in understanding prophecy'? Would you also please give an example of how and why not acknowledging it should become someone's downfall? Thank you In Christ Jesus our risen and glorified Saviour, Lord and Head. Chris

'Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the...

Hello @CadyandZoe, Thank you for your gracious response, and for supplying me with the background and motivation behind the case in question. My last response to you, reply#98, gives the reason why I cannot sympathise with that motivation or the action taken. In Christ Jesus Chris

Hello @CadyandZoe, To say that covid19 is merely a hoax, is to fly in the face of all the evidence we have to the contrary. The death figures alone testify to the formidable virus that this is. Every effort therefore is being taken to counteract it, and to eradicate it, this requires the...

Hello @CadyandZoe That pastor was not suffering for Christ: and he can stand on a street corner and preach the gospel, or in a local park; he does not need to enter a building in order to do so. This is a ridiculous analogy. It is time to behave like mature adults, and consider those at risk...

'For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.' (1 Peter 3:17) 'Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment...

Hello @DayandZoe, Is this what the writers of the Epistles exhorted those under their care to do, in the face of the opposition they were receiving? I think a reading of the practical section of each of the epistles would be good to read in regard to how we should behave in this present...