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Hello @H. Richard, * Don't be discouraged by those who oppose you, take heart. I would have liked to be able to click the 'like' symbol for your OP, for I am in agreement with you for the most part. What prevented me from doing so is your comment concerning James. However, in your later...

Hello there, There is more than one gospel or 'good news' spoken of in Scripture. These glad tidings are not the same, and need to be rightly divided if confusion and misapplication is not to be made. In Christ Jesus Chris

Hello @H. Richard, These verses bring praise to the lips and gratitude and joy to the heart. Thank you for them. Praise God! Praise His Holy Name! He is Faithful that promised. In Christ Jesus Chris

[Galatians 4:3 & 9; Colossians 2:8 & 20; Hebrews 5:12] - 'elements of the world' - 'weak and beggarly elements' - 'rudiments of the world' - 'principles of the oracles of God' Hello @APAK, You make a very good point here, with which I can agree: but in regard to the verses in question, the...

Hello again, @farouk, The bond-servant ear piercing is something quite different though isn't it? It was not for adornment, but as a mark of servitude. Chris

Hello @ScottA, The context of each verse under consideration reveal what those teachings are, no one has to guess at them. Each reference has within it's context reference to the law (G4747) Galatians 4:3 & 9; Colossians 2:8 & 20 and Hebrews 5:12, which refer to elements of knowledge: (2...

Hi @farouk, If you have posted any references to ear piercing I have missed them, I'm afraid. Would you mind giving them again, so that I can refer to them. I don't think my former words were particularly 'far fetched' for today, no: for the believer is set apart to God, and I believe that...

Hello again, @Hidden In Him, * In Galatians it is the law which is described in this way, under the illustration of children who needed tutors and governors, which is what these elements of the world, or elementary rules were designed for, to tutor and govern, and shepherd them to Christ, who...

Hello @Hidden In Him, I believe you are referring to the Strongs concordance word number G4747 (stoicheion). Used by the Holy Spirit in Galatians 4:3 & 9, Colossians 2:8 & 20, and in Hebrews 5:12, it is used also of natural elements in 2 Peter 3:10 & 12. * How the Holy Spirit uses this word is...

Hello @farouk, If you have chosen to have a tattoo, it is because you think it decorative, so why hide it? Hiding it would indicate shame or regret, if you feel neither, then there is no reason to hide.

Hello there, @Stranger, No, I agree that there is interference taking place between nations internationally, but this particular interference is worrying because of it's sensitive nature, and it's affect upon international law. How can criticism be made of President Putin, and his strategies...

'Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, He taketh up the isles as a very little thing.' (Isaiah 40:15) 'All nations before Him are as nothing; and they are counted to Him less than nothing, and vanity.' (Isaiah 40:17) Hello...

Hello @Hidden In Him, Have you read the whole of the report ? To simply class this as a 'Witch-hunt' on the part of the Democratic party is unfair: for surely it was important to investigate this, for President Trump's own sake, as well as for national and international interests to be served...

'If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.' (1 Corinthians 15:19-21) Hello there, @Soverign...

'For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but...

'Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.' (1Thessalonians 4:17) Thank you @farouk Yes 'caught up', G726 - harpazō - meaning to seize, translated:- catch (away, up), pluck...

Hello @Waiting on him, I don't understand: for the word rapture is not used in Scripture, is it? Will you please tell me what word you are referring to, so that I can make the comparison you are referring to. Thank you. In Christ Jesus Chris

'I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but He that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Whose fan is in His hand, and He will throughly purge His floor, and gather His wheat into the...

Hello again, @farouk, It is no concern of mine if either gender choose to wear earrings, gain tattoos or wear make up. It is all of the flesh and has no enduring consequence. Although the Holy Spirit may bring under conviction those whose mind is stayed upon things above where their...

Hello @farouk, When I was young, in my early Christian experience, ear piercing was not viewed very favourably I remember: in fact any adornment was to be modest, and facial make-up was gilding the lilly and painting the rose. Ear piercing and tattooing was viewed as marring the body that God...