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A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit This is a very easy way to remind ourselves of what is true and what isn’t. I am always struck by it’s simplicity, yet it’s so useful. Inspected upon more closely, it also explains to us the reason why God wraths on us when...

That is an interesting mystery being talked of. I couldn’t quite understand everything you were trying to convey, but I do get the meaning of ‘waters’. They talk about the firmament and the waters above (so Wisdom of Him), what do you do in a boat on the water? You traverse. What is holy Wisdom...

One hundred percent. Fasting for me is always the answer, whenever I feel sinful urges in any area of life. Fasting and prayer, like Jesus told us, is the answer for the more pernicious urges.

@Ziggy You make sense Ziggy, that AI can solve a lot of our problems. But a lot of those problems have come about through solutions for other problems. It’s like bandaids for bandaids (for bandaids for bandaids etc..). That’s the thing with technology itself, it solves hard work but creates...

ProDeo, I want to see the potential good that AI can do, but I do not see it outweighing the damage it is doing already. You are right, there are uses good and bad for these things, but often the bad outdoes the good, even in potentiality. But if you have good hopes for AI, I hope they manifest!

I wonder if there are believers among people creating AI . They tell us: “it is inevitable, we must do it or our enemies will”. But they know that they should never doubt that God is with us to do good when we do good and to wrath upon us when we sin without remorse. Simply doing evil to stop a...

Yes! I thank Him before breakfast for a new day full of potential to do good, a day fresh of sin and righteous possibility. He made all this.

I’m am coming to this discussion with a simple mind and read most of it just once, i’ve read the Old Testament like this as well. We belong to the tribe of Israel as soon as we step into the covenant. A tribe which has no material roots, a family which you are born into by Faith, not the flesh...

I see the difference. Moses was a man of the chosen people, growing up among the wicked, yet he chose his potential! It would’ve been an easy life as the elite of the Pharaoh, but his conscience guided him.

@Wrangler Yes, good reminder. Although Moses himself wasn’t treated badly in the story. He was of the Egyptian aristocracy in the story right? But his compassion at the expense of his own status and fortune is a lesson to us. Even though the Hebrews didn’t trust him after saving a slave from his...

Hi Wrangler, a pleasure to meet you. I agree with your description of other beliefs. I’ve read a lot of books on spirituality and mysticism, most seemed psychiatry disguised in new age terminology, some outright lies, probably to win people for them. But what has struck me most is that some...

Thank you yet again for the in-depth explanation. The right hand place of the Father is quite an important expression in the bible it seems. The farizees reacted to Jesus’ expression about it with complete anger. In our times we use that expression for being someones premium help or the...

Your interpretation of Jesus’ role is very novel to me, the cloak part. Do you mean that as a ‘cloak’ when a parent sees his child be naughty he will still love him? Or a cloack as in the parent doesn’t see it doing naughty things? Because one is not like the other. This interpretation makes me...

This was an interesting read @Grailhunter . The knowledge the Essenes had of their religion has been covered when they were alive and has remained covered long after their deaths. But I am convinced through my own seeking, that indeed we must dive into Judaism to some degree, to see what the...

@Debp That is awesome, pen pals were a thing in my teenage years too. I had a pal from Japan who taught me some Japanese, quite fun. Good luck with the humidity, deep breathing consciously can help.

Hey Debp, no I’m native Dutch! However, I try and learn some Hebrew now and then because of scripture. And the tribe of Judah has some interesting views on the Lord imo. I like Indian food too, delicious! Curry chicken or madras. Do you like living in the city of angels? Is it hot out there...

Grinded beans, espresso and the heavier the better, twice a day with milk and sugar. It’s one of the more delicious things in life.

It’s one of the comforting things i’ve experienced even before I believed in the Christian God, to live by your ethics come what may, but now that I do, even my emotions are not a roadblock anymore. Because He tells me not to hold on to fleeting things of this world, it opened my eyes that all...

Yes! The first meaning is what I am aiming for, although skill and insight come along with it I guess. @Taken I am not Norwegian, but I think it’s a beautiful country. I wish to visit it someday, it’s close by, relatively speaking.