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  1. MatthewG

    Is Faith God-Given - or a Choice in reliance with - trusting God?

    Thank you for sharing. Surly you are saved to the Kingdom of God by faith, when one becomes a Christian following after Christ.
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    Is Faith God-Given - or a Choice in reliance with - trusting God?

    Is Faith God-Given - or a Choice in reliance with - trusting God? Short story: A man was lost for years and years, and started hearing that Jesus heals the soul, and gives rest to the soul (heart/mind/will/emotion), the man becomes restored in the soul by reading and seeking out information...
  3. MatthewG

    Why did Jesus say this for?

    Davy, I believe it is good to look at all four Gospels, to read and understand and learn the context, along with all of the other letters of the Apostles to make a case. Many people only believe Revelation 1 - 4 was pertaining to those written but everything past that is future, it is a common...
  4. MatthewG

    Why did Jesus say this for?

    I like to try to go further than this, though eschatology is something many not get to involved in, as it is a particular hard task to understand, an for me personally I have been taught to go against traditional thinking when it comes to if Jesus has returned or not. Thus I believe he came in...
  5. MatthewG

    Why did Jesus say this for?

    Hello Gen2Rev, I personally do not feel convicted because I believe Jesus Christ returned in the first century. People who believe Jesus is still returning are not gonna be swayed unless they desire to consider what they have been traditionally taught. Going against ones tradition leaves one on...
  6. MatthewG

    Why did Jesus say this for?

    If anyone else has anything they would like to share please feel free to do so. I do not personally subscribe to traditions that have been around for awhile, and proclaim that Jesus is still returning ( I love my brothers and sisters) , as that is why I am sharing just a simple evidence of what...
  7. MatthewG

    Why did Jesus say this for?

    Jesus saying to the high priest to him that he would one day see the son of Man coming in his glory. Interesting when looking at this from this perspective. That he didn’t lie about his coming back in that day in age. though we have no written documentation (other than what Jesus said and the...
  8. MatthewG

    Why did Jesus say this for?

    If you are able to, reading from Mark 10 all the way to 15 is even better. Pray, Ask the Father in Jesus Name to help you by the Holy Spirit and consider the context and read it to yourself and think about all the things being said, as if you were there with them, know who is who and what is...
  9. MatthewG

    Why did Jesus say this for?

    “And the chief priest, having risen up in the midst, questioned Jesus, saying, ‘Thou dost not answer anything! what do these testify against thee?’ and he was keeping silent, and did not answer anything. Again the chief priest was questioning him, and saith to him, ‘Art thou the Christ — the...
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    Why does Jesus tell the Pharisees this?

    Thank you all taking time to share.
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    Mark 14 Jesus in Gethsemane

    Just to share.
  12. MatthewG

    Teaching on Divorcement

    “Now he had to go through Samaria. So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon. When a Samaritan woman came to draw...
  13. MatthewG

    Teaching on Divorcement

    “If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man, and her second husband dislikes...
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    Mark 14 Jesus in Gethsemane

    Jesus in Gethsemane 32 They *came to a place named Gethsemane; and He *said to His disciples, “Sit here until I have prayed.” 33 And He *took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be very distressed and troubled. 34 And He *said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved to the point of...
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    Excerpt - End of Material Religion

    Excerpt - End of Material Religion - By Shawn A. McCraney In our book A to Z85 we explain that when trying to understand Grace we might examine the Old Testament versus the New in terms of a change of administration. Under the Old Economy there was a works/obedience/reward administration in...
  16. MatthewG

    The soldiers mock Jesus

    “The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers. They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. And they began to call out to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” Again and again...
  17. MatthewG

    Drawing near to God.

    God loves honesty, - be honest with everything going on in your heart and mind, and give everything to him, in and through Christ Jesus who forgives us of sins, and when we fall short. God does care about you in your struggles and frustrating situations, and he will hear your prayers, and you...
  18. MatthewG

    Drawing near to God.

    Drawing near to God. As a person who is a Christian one should know that because of everything the Lord Yeshua Christ had done on behalf of the world. With faith and belief on the Lord, he becomes the mediator between yourself, and Yahweh. Yeshua, was the messiah who was sent to reconcile the...
  19. MatthewG

    Faith-based tattoo: as a result of one, did you ever talk with someone? (Poll included)

    A purpose is a good thing to think about before getting a tattoo done, though many just like tattoos and get whatever they personally like. I have two skulls on my right shoulder done by a friend, a sonic the hedgehog on my shoulder blade, I have a tri-force (wisdom, power, courage) from a...