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Hi there! So you will be familiar with the verse in Revelation about being hot or cold? The point is that we are supposed to do something about our faith, to distinguish it from the so-called 'faith' that is in the world. In the world, people are happy to be lukewarm - Jesus calls us to...

The Greek "ekklesia", mistranslated as 'church' in modern bibles, means "assembly" or "called out ones" for a specific purpose. This was a term applied to a Greek political assembly and appears to have been deliberately chosen by Jesus himself. In the New Testament, this term always refers to...

Opening Question Many Christians today insist that attending a church building weekly is required to be a “real Christian.” Others argue that salvation is based on faith in Christ alone, not church attendance. So the debate question is: Is church attendance required to be a Christian, or is it...

Round and round we go, where it stops, nobody knows. Theology can freeze the mind into a rigid pattern that seduces and imprisons thought, so that any different viewpoint is not prayerfully pondered, but is instantly rejected and renounced. We are safer by studying the Bible, with occasional...

Hi there! So there is a great opportunity as we head in to the end, for people to do great works for God (Daniel, from memory). What helps this idea, as the Bible says "say Lord willing, we will do this or that" (James? Letters, from memory), is what you will do with the success you get. I...

Hi there, So this is a simple proverb I came across, which deals with the attitude we should have when we celebrate - be it in the world but not of the world, or with faith or with family. The point is, there is nothing wrong with celebrating something, as long as you don't do it all the time...

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Reader. You are not saved by FAITH. You are saved by GOD, through Christ's Sacrifice, becasue you gave God your FAITH in Christ = one time. Its God's "GRACE......through Faith". So, you dont keep trying to hold onto your faith so that God will continue to keep saving you. NO. You are SAVED...

Some assert that discipline should be enforced in cases of disobedience, even within religious communities. This raises an important question: Is God limited in capability, requiring human effort to carry out His will—as though the teachings of Jesus and the Apostles were insufficient for their...

Reader, You can't stop being born again, as this is an eternal spiritual birth, that is God caused and God maintained. So... One of the first things a real student of the word comes to understand is....(regarding the New Covenant)... 1.) = "where there is no LAW, there is no Transgression"...

Hi there, So I made this big deal about being hot or cold in a thread in the eschatology section and I learned from it that actually not having faith that I am hot or cold was an area of sin for me. Now I am not saying it is a sin for everyone, if they don't understand that they are supposed to...

Reader, If you are not born again and you use profanity.. then because you are still "under the Law".. then The LAW defines your profanity, as : "sin." Whereas.....When a person becomes born again.. then ..."you are NOT under the Law.....but under GRACE".. 1.) This means that the LAW and...

Hi there, So it is almost complete: the Church of Notre Dame has been rebuilt! This is a great sign of the peace that the Churches of the world will enjoy, when Gospel has gone out to all the nations of the world. It will be common place, for people to say "Oh yes! I have faith like that...

The term church has been attributed with a wide range of meanings, many of which do not align with the teachings of the Scriptures. However, when viewed through the lens of the divine plan, its meaning becomes remarkably straightforward. Some people believe that a stunning building made of...

Hi there, So I have been reading this and that, and discussing whether Churches are hot or cold, and I have come to the conclusion that words themselves can be hot or cold, because they can be few or great. Now how is few or great the same as hot or cold, I hear you ask? In the same sense that...

Hi there, So yes, there is a simple calculation you can make on the basis of the choice the Lord gives the Lukewarm Church (Revelation 2). It goes like this: 1) Are you hot or cold? If yes, then you know you have a greater definition than the Lukewarm Church If no, then the question is 2)...

I shake my head when I read the forums of people who are losing faith in God due to the hardships of life. I urge you do not give up because God is there, do not let the devil make you believe your current circumstances is the way your life will end. I have attached a prayer below from Prophet...

Hi there, So we have a bit of a problem: the world thinks the world is the end (or at least part of it), the Church thinks the end is within (either in Heaven or on the way to it). What can we do about these two alternatives? Certainly the world being the end, appears rational, at least at...

- The born again are to "Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of Truth". 1.) So, in that verse you find that you study to end up with right understanding of Spirituality, that is approved of : "God who is A Spirit" 2.) And...