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    Bread: even when it is the end, "the end will not come immediately" (paraphrase Matthew 24:6)

    Hi there, Just a little bread, for you: Jesus said "the end will not come immediately" (paraphrase Matthew 24:6), but actually, His Word applies even at the end. Even at the end, the end will not come immediately. People alive at the end, will no more be able to bring things to an end, than...
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    Timing is very important to the Lord - you do not need to know everything about life, all at once (patient?)

    Hi there! So, a very difficult lesson for me to learn, was that "timing" is very important to the Lord. I think sometimes people assume the earlier they learn about themselves, the more power they will have - but this isn't true. There are some things you can't learn, until you have been in a...
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    I know someone, who predicts these boards will get hectic, by about the beginning of half-way through this century

    Hi there, So this prediction is interesting, because it does not specify what the activity will be, just that there will be a lot of it. I think the idea is that even if there is no tribulation, at this time, the internet having been commonplace for half a century will drive the curiosity of...
  4. Richard Aberdeen

    What is the "Eye of the Needle"?

    The discipline of "philology" is applied by historians when attempting to understand the true intentions behind words spoken in a particular historical time-frame and context, rather than wrongly assuming that word definitions found in a modern dictionary necessarily apply. For example, "deism"...
  5. Richard Aberdeen

    Is "Epistle" a Correct Translation?

    Means both "letter" and "formal letter" in Koine Greek. While today one can look up the word "epistle" in a modern dictionary and find that it refers to a formal letter of special importance, in the First Century world of Paul and other authors of the New Testament, the Greek "epistole"...
  6. Richard Aberdeen

    Who Are "The Common People"?

    What is translated in most versions of the New Testament as "common people", means "crowd" in Greek. However, the vast majority of the "crowd" who followed Jesus around were most likely regular average people, rather than the elite of society. The religious leaders often hung nearby because...
  7. Richard Aberdeen

    What is Church?

    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...
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    Just quick: ask God to give you a sign that you are saved? (He will!)

    Hi there, So just real quick, I do not want to spend a whole lot of time. I asked God, I said "You are a God of great signs - how will I know that I have fulfilled Your calling of me to be a believer?" He said "I will give you the sign of Ezekiel". Remember that Jesus said "the only sign you...
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    Praise God! God loved us, before He created us; then once He created us, He made His love constant - power to God!

    Hi there, So yes: God loved us before He created us - loved every detail! He foresaw it all, the good times, the bad, the sin, the repentance and He loved us! Once God created us, He made His Love constant - waited for us to seek Him, to inquire of what He had done! He rejoiced to be tested...
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    Grief comes more easily to the simple of heart; those that trust the Spirit have their share of strife (selah)

    Hi there, So I wanted to focus on something that I didn't actually think I would encounter as a believer. For a long time, I thought the problem with my faith, must be that I backslid; which constantly seemed to drag me back into doubt. Then I realised I was trying to "do faith" on my own, too...
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    Joseph Prince "The Law says 'do not steal', Grace says 'find opportunities to give'" - what a sermon

    Hi there! So I was blown away by this message from Joseph Prince (exact sermon unknown, but I can find it if you want it); with one statement, he made it crystal clear what it is that is meant by "the Law and Grace". I was really impacted and had to tell you! The comparison is so simple, but so...
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    The time of Jacob's trouble, is definitely a Garden of Gethsemane moment - society is starting to lose touch (with the reality of the Cross) (hurt?)

    Hi there, So this is to sort of focus our prayers. We are entering the time of Jacob's trouble, when Heaven is shut and there is sin on Earth. Christ faced the struggle of this time too (already), when He was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. If Christ had been able to be crucified in the...
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    The truth is where the spirit and the soul meet (truth?)

    Hi there, So Jesus famously called Himself "the way, the truth and the life" and also said "and you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free" (gospels, from memory). What I wanted to share, is a truth that exists between these two things. This is a truth about the truth! What is...
  14. MatthewG

    Mystery Revealed In The Pauline Epistles! e431

    My grandpa.
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    I tried to rush the Rapture, and I felt sick (can you do anything apart from God?)

    Hi there, So I guess I am nothing, if not honest to a fault: I really and truly thought I could 'rush' the Rapture! It was just a matter of working out what the fool would believe, how he would see killing the faithful as a favor to God and imagining that the Devil would justify him. But God...
  16. Natha

    I am not new here, but new from today

    Long time back i am joined here unfortunately lost login stuff and failed join again This week I am able to rejoin here And i have added my few details and faith too I am 64 y old servant of God in our mission works, in India Leading a ministry to make the disciples for Christ
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    When we are first conceived, God examines us; then when we believe, God examines us more closely (see a pattern?)

    Hi there, So this is a simple truth which was discovered by someone, which helps keep our walk in the faith in perspective. The truth is, that when we are conceived, God examines us. We don't immediately have a full grown heart, but God examines what will become our heart. This is something...
  18. bdavidc

    The Silent Drift: How Lies Pull People from the Truth

    Many people today think they are safe because they once prayed a prayer, attended church, or claimed to believe in Jesus. Yet the Bible warns that some will “depart from the faith” (1 Timothy 4:1). The Greek word used for “depart” is the root of our word “apostatize.” It describes someone who...
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    Without Love, God is darkness (lost?)

    Hi there! So a simple thought: without Love, God is darkness. In other words, when people sin, they say "the darkness made me do it". What they mean is "I refused to let God be God to me, and did what I liked". The darkness then, protects God, since He cannot sin as God, but is absolved of His...
  20. BeforeThereWas

    Stoicism - This is what I believe, no matter the truth...

    This one is from the Barna Group: “The problem facing the Christian church is not that people lack a complete set of beliefs. The problem is that they have a full slate of beliefs in mind which they think are consistent with biblical teachings, and they are neither open to being proven wrong...