tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89175943094638661132024-03-13T10:41:14.305-04:00.Terrys Blog for Christhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03572744456683172661noreply@blogger.comBlogger384125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917594309463866113.post-32147112305771843622021-01-09T22:27:00.000-05:002021-01-09T22:27:27.256-05:00<p> </p><div data-block="true" data-editor="apiuf" data-offset-key="dkcbd-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dkcbd-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dkcbd-0-0"><span data-text="true">I have heard and read many arguments on the web about what we call the "Rapture" as not being in the bible. Well, maybe it isn't in that exact word but in the Bible, it is so according to Paul. Read what he had to say in 1 Thessalonians 4:13.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="apiuf" data-offset-key="17kbq-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="17kbq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="17kbq-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="apiuf" data-offset-key="1r06c-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1r06c-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1r06c-0-0"><span data-text="true">Please keep in mind that those who believe and are saved will only be asleep spiritually until the Lord comes, All others, well, I'll let you draw your own conclusion</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="apiuf" data-offset-key="6fr9a-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6fr9a-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6fr9a-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="apiuf" data-offset-key="argpr-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="argpr-0-0"><span data-offset-key="argpr-0-0"><span data-text="true">"13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="apiuf" data-offset-key="2gtve-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2gtve-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2gtve-0-0"><span data-text="true">14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="apiuf" data-offset-key="6gm56-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6gm56-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6gm56-0-0"><span data-text="true">16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="apiuf" data-offset-key="acfi1-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="acfi1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="acfi1-0-0"><span data-text="true">17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="apiuf" data-offset-key="8dvqa-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8dvqa-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8dvqa-0-0"><span data-text="true">18 Therefore encourage one another with these words."</span></span></div></div>Terrys Blog for Christhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03572744456683172661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917594309463866113.post-81335988059451192482020-05-17T09:24:00.000-04:002020-05-17T09:25:36.069-04:00Pennsylvania and Covid19Here is something that I came across on Facebook I think all should read.<br />
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does one dog (or wolf in our case) control all those sheep at once?
FEAR...It's actually a very fitting name when referring to certain
people.. Do you know Sheep will follow each other, even over a cliff???
That's about what we're witnessing these past couple of months. Fear and
panic driven sheep following each other, but never stopping to question
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Before I went out yesterday with my mom, I called the
small Mennonite store we visit often to ask them if they require their
customers to wear masks...I do not and will not shop in places that do.
The woman said "we prefer our customers to breathe fresh air, and we
don't wear them ourselves" I proceed to thank her for not being afraid
to do what's right, and grateful for her common Sense, which we are
finding is not so common anymore <span class="_5mfr"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta7/1.5/16/1f644.png"); font-size: 16px; height: 16px; width: 16px;">🙄</span></span>. <br />
When we arrived there, they were pretty busy. Shockingly enough my
mother and I were the only two people out of about 30 that did not have
masks on, other than the owners and workers who also did not have masks
on!!! It was very disheartening to say the least. Now common sense would
tell you that if the owners didn't have masks on, they must not mind if
their customers do or don't??? Nope, people still had them on. There
was a gentleman who even turned completely away from us and shuffled
sideways while walking past us... If you're that terrified, you should
seriously just stay home, and have rebels like me and my mom shop for
you <span class="_5mfr"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5d/1.5/16/1f60f.png"); font-size: 16px; height: 16px; width: 16px;">😏</span></span> <br />
it really started to make me think of another interesting fact about
sheep... They only obey the voice of their master. If you are I were to
try and call a herd of sheep over, they would not obey us, but as soon
as they heard the voice of their Master, they would obey. This is Also
very profound in the Biblical sense... Unfortunately in this case, the
voice of their master is Governor wolf and his side chick, I mean side
kick<span class="_5mfr"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc6/1.5/16/1f610.png"); font-size: 16px; height: 16px; width: 16px;">😐</span></span>
it didn't matter that the owner said it was okay to not wear a mask,
they were still obedient to the voice of a tyrant, a wolf, a predator.<br />
People are so blinded by the fear that He and the media has instilled,
so much so that many refuse to listen to reason, refuse to listen to
facts even when they are presented to them.<br />
It's honestly been
nothing but doom and gloom every where we go and there's not been ONE
SINGLE TIME that anyone else other then myself, my kids or my mom hasn't
had a mask on. Where's all the leaders? Where's all the business owners
who have the power to open up, but choose not to out of fear??? Where's
all the pastor's that willingly closed the church doors, even though
they were exempt, they just handled over their rights??? Knowing what's
right but choosing not to stand up for it is an even bigger problem then
those who purposely set out to do harm! We the people far outnumber
them, but yet we're scared. How many times in history has just a handful
of tyrants overthrown many, because of fear? There is power in numbers,
United we stand, divided we fall.<br />
I'm not going to give up
taking a stand for my rights, and I will continue to be that example for
my children. I have had many conversations with people about why I
don't wear a mask, or what my perspective is on ALL of this, and I do my
best to kindly educate them, as I am a medical professional and one
would think that would give me some kind of leverage...lol.. not so
much, not with everyone... sometimes it can get heated, and although I
thoroughly enjoy confrontation from time to time (just ask my ex <span class="_5mfr"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t8d/1.5/16/1f914.png"); font-size: 16px; height: 16px; width: 16px;">🤔</span></span>)
it gets exhausting, and I just want to shop and be in peace without
the glares and comments. There's really no talking sense into some
people, so I pick my battles. <br />
Fear has been pounded into our
minds for months now by the media. Those of us who see through the
agenda are wise enough to ignore it, we know that there's most
definitely an ulterior motive... Here's some words that the media uses
to draw people in, create fear, and gain control, these words have
become a part of everyday language, everywhere you go and every station
you turn on you hear them repetitively...it's a form of mind control,
just like these ridiculous masks... <br />
Brace yourself especially if
you're a sheep reading these, they may send you into a panic
attack...social distancing, pandemic, outbreak, community spread,
contact tracing, self-quarantine, isolation, contagious, infectious,
virus, mitigation, stay home, spikes, immunization, testing, incubation
period, compromised, contaminated, essential, corona...and the big scary
one..COVID-19...these words have driven fear and outright panic into so
many. I get being scared, but we have to stop and listen to reason, we
need to be free thinkers and teach our children the same. <br />
So how
about that 19 in covid??? It's been around since then, hasn't it???
This virus has been around since about October-ish. So tell me, how is
it, it didn't spread like "wildfire" until it hit the news media<span class="_5mfr"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t8d/1.5/16/1f914.png"); font-size: 16px; height: 16px; width: 16px;">🤔</span></span>???
Or did it??? Many of us were sick or knew of someone that was sick
anywhere between December and February. I, myself was sick with this
mystery virus the end of January into February and it wasn't the flu.
There was indeed something spreading quickly throughout my co-workers,
church family, my kids and their friends, but we all got better, didn't
panic, didn't give it much thought, just became a bit more mindful of
washing our hands and staying home if we were sick, you know common
sense measures. Several of my coworkers have gotten the antibody testing
done, and it's come back positive for having this virus...am I
surprised, no. Why isn't that being looked at more. Why is big pharma
pushing so hard for a vaccine, when clearly MOST get over it, and many
have already had it as we're finding out.<br />
So here we are in May
and life has been turned upside down and Don't even think about coughing
in public you MONSTER!!! The flu, allergies, and common cold are
non-existent in the minds of many!!! It's COVID all day every day
baby!!!and The highly coveted mask is the new "false security" for these
people. The mask will keep us safe and anyone who doesn't wear The MASK
is the enemy!!! I see people walking outside alone wearing a mask,
driving by themselves in a car wearing a mask!!! it is extremely
unhealthy and very dangerous to be wearing masks like this. It's called
hypercapnia, due to carbon dioxide toxicity, which is caused by
constantly breathing in exhaled CO2. These masks do not prevent a virus
from going through. Do we know that the eyes are susceptible as well?
People are told to keep their hands away from their face but yet because
of the mask most people's hands are always at their face adjusting it!
How about you just go home after shopping and wash your hands? do people
realize how many people before them touched that gallon of milk or
carton of eggs or anything else you buy, before it made its way to
them??? HAHAHA! good grief..nope the mask will protect.<br />
Let me ask this question, Now follow along sheep if you're reading...that's what you do best isn't it... follow? <br />
So when the <span class="_5mfr"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t9d/1.5/16/1f4a9.png"); font-size: 16px; height: 16px; width: 16px;">💩</span></span>virus
hit the fan back in mid-March, we were told it'd be 2 weeks of
quarantine, and only businesses deemed "essential" could operate(I hate
that word)...we get to mid- April, a month later, still locked down,
people without income, businesses going under...but we weren't doing it
right!!!! Fools!!!..We needed to up the ante and wear masks!!! <br />
How
is it a MONTH after the media sends everyone into a frenzy, AFTER YOU
HAD PEOPLE TRIPPING ALL OVER THEMSELVES BUYING TOILET PAPER!!!! NO
MASKS! big box stores packed everyday, that we are not all dead?????
HOW???? why are we not all infected??? Could it be it was already here
before all the hype??? Could it be many already had it, or many had
immunity to it, and some that did get it, didn't even realize what they
had! Based on FACTS, I believe we wouldn't have known any different that
this thing existed, BUT since the media told us to be afraid, here we
are shut down over a facade!!!<br />
We are now into our 2nd month of
shutdown over a virus that has affected LESS then 1% of the population.
That means there's a 99% survival rate. This had gone from a 2 week
quarantine, to being the new norm until about 2022 when a vaccine is
developed??? What?? And people are accepting this!!!??? Heck NO!!! To
date, more people die from the flu, more die from cancer, no cure for
that, no cure for Aids, how long has that been around now??? We didn't
shut down our economy over it, or over the swine and bird flus...why???
Why didn't we???? ASK YOURSELF WHY??? heart disease is a biggie!!!
should we shut down McDonalds??? Ok forget I said that...the Mcrib is
awesome and when it comes around, I'm less edgy...but guess what,
despite my choice for eating something that's probably really bad for me<span class="_5mfr"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t87/1.5/16/1f633.png"); font-size: 16px; height: 16px; width: 16px;">😳</span></span>...
MY BODY MY CHOICE!!! Isn't that phrase all you murderous liberals use
when taking the lives of millions of innocent babies???? Imagine
abortion being a necessity all this time???? and I can't even get my
fractured tooth fixed!!! Here's an idea, quit screwing!!! That's also a
CHOICE!!!<br />
WHOOOO IM FIRED UP!!! I'm done with the lies, and I'm
especially done with Tyrant Wolf and Shim, you know that guy with
lipstick<span class="_5mfr"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2a/1.5/16/1f922.png"); font-size: 16px; height: 16px; width: 16px;">🤢</span></span>...
here's a NEWSFLASH... just cause you cover your penis with a skirt,
that DOESN'T MAKE YOU A WOMAN!!! All of this is so ridiculous and Most
of us knew there was going to be a next "big thing" to distract, and try
to destroy our president, since the impeachment hearings didn't work
out so well. <br />
Most of us also know there's some really good
doctors and medical professionals who are trying to stand up for the
benefits of hydroxychloroquine, not to mention how affordable it is, but
yet dr. Doom is pushing for another option with astronomical cost. Why?
Because he's concerned with the side effects of hydroxychloroquine.
Have you ever watched commercials advertising medications and their
possible side effects, some of those side effects include death???? I
mean it doesn't get much worse than that. <br />
Here's some reasons why
this insanity continues... Democrats want Trump out at any cost, and
will risk sinking our economy to do just that. They know what they stand
to lose, and they want their power back....also, there's a lot of money
to be made from disease and a new vaccine... Which is bogus by the
way..<br />
Ever ask yourself why people like Bill Gates have any
authority on which to speak about this virus? Money, power, Greed,
CONTROL... That's what all of this is about and unless we open our eyes
and speak up, we will be lead to the slaughter as well. Our freedoms are
being stripped away from us, some subtly, and some very obvious. I
cautious each of you to be very mindful of what's going on behind the
scenes as well. A lot of what's happening is also a distraction.
Democrats are pushing for laws that at this point and time we may not be
aware of because we're looking the other way...stay mindful on what's
going on in other arenas of the government.<br />
I'm thankful for
states such as Georgia and Florida that have pushed back and pretty much
gotten back to normal. Guess what, no spikes there!!! No uncontrollable
outbreaks. As a matter of fact their numbers have gone down since
getting back to normal everyday life. Why not us? Control, money, power,
greed.<br />
Let's continue to push back. It's important to speak
the truth, but we have to be cautious how we approach certain people.
Some are just very naive and scared, but willing to listen, some are
psychopaths so I caution you to pick your battles <span class="_5mfr"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t87/1.5/16/1f633.png"); font-size: 16px; height: 16px; width: 16px;">😳</span></span>
let's be examples of what a TRUE PATRIOT is for our children. This is
their future!!! Just like my pappy fought for my freedom, I'll fight for
theirs!!! <br />
In closing... finally<span class="_5mfr"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t87/1.5/16/1f633.png"); font-size: 16px; height: 16px; width: 16px;">😳</span></span>...I'd
like to say what an amazing group this has turned out to be! I'm so
thankful for the unity, like-mindedness, patriotism and courage...
except for those few sheep who get out of their pen every now and then
and make their way here, trying to graze in pastures where they don't
belong!!!... I know for myself, being here lets me know that I'm not
alone in all this...if I could have a party and invite you all...I
would...<span class="_5mfr"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png"); font-size: 16px; height: 16px; width: 16px;">❤️</span></span>
God bless...let's fight the good fight together...Romans 8:31..if God
be for us, who can be against us? Stay strong and vigilant friends <span class="_5mfr"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png"); font-size: 16px; height: 16px; width: 16px;">❤️"</span></span></div>
Terrys Blog for Christhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03572744456683172661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917594309463866113.post-13693206342608842472019-09-22T14:21:00.003-04:002019-09-22T14:21:58.870-04:00Lesson for the week 1 Timothy 2:1-7 New King James Version <h1 class="passage-display">
<span class="passage-display-bcv">1 Timothy 2:1-7</span> <span class="passage-display-version">New King James Version </span></h1>
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<span class="text 1Tim-2-1"><span class="chapternum">2 </span>Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, <i>and</i> giving of thanks be made for all men, </span> <span class="text 1Tim-2-2" id="en-NKJV-29719"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. </span> <span class="text 1Tim-2-3" id="en-NKJV-29720"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>For this <i>is</i> good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, </span> <span class="text 1Tim-2-4" id="en-NKJV-29721"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. </span> <span class="text 1Tim-2-5" id="en-NKJV-29722"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>For <i>there is</i> one God and one Mediator between God and men, <i>the</i> Man Christ Jesus, </span> <span class="text 1Tim-2-6" id="en-NKJV-29723"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, </span> <span class="text 1Tim-2-7" id="en-NKJV-29724"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am speaking the truth in Christ <i>and</i> not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.</span></div>
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<span class="text 1Tim-2-7" id="en-NKJV-29724">The Reader, Be bKessed by these words :)</span></div>
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Terrys Blog for Christhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03572744456683172661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917594309463866113.post-43432912438347932602019-09-15T15:04:00.000-04:002019-09-15T15:04:10.217-04:00Lesson for the Week:<br />
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<span class="text 1Tim-1-12"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting <i>me</i> into the ministry, </span> <span class="text 1Tim-1-13" id="en-NKJV-29710"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did <i>it</i> ignorantly in unbelief. </span> <span class="text 1Tim-1-14" id="en-NKJV-29711"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. </span> <span class="text 1Tim-1-15" id="en-NKJV-29712"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>This <i>is</i> a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. </span> <span class="text 1Tim-1-16" id="en-NKJV-29713"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life. </span> <span class="text 1Tim-1-17" id="en-NKJV-29714"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, <i>be</i> honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.</span><br />
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<span class="text 1Tim-1-17" id="en-NKJV-29714">May you, the reader be blessed by these words :)</span><br />
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<span class="text 1Tim-1-17" id="en-NKJV-29714">Terry </span>Terrys Blog for Christhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03572744456683172661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917594309463866113.post-17932799828323114852019-09-08T22:47:00.000-04:002019-09-08T22:47:16.664-04:00<h3 class="lessonCitation">
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<span class="initCap">P</span>aul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,</div>
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To Philemon our dear friend and co-worker, to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:</div>
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</div>
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When I remember you in my prayers, I always thank my God because I hear of your love for all the saints and your faith toward the Lord Jesus. I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective when you perceive all the good that we may do for Christ. I have indeed received much joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, my brother.</div>
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For this reason, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do your duty, yet I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love-- and I, Paul, do this as an old man, and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus. I am appealing to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment. Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful both to you and to me. I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you. I wanted to keep him with me, so that he might be of service to me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel; but I preferred to do nothing without your consent, in order that your good deed might be voluntary and not something forced. Perhaps this is the reason he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back forever, no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a beloved brother-- especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.</div>
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So if you consider me your partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. If he has wronged you in any way, or owes you anything, charge that to my account. I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. I say nothing about your owing me even your own self. Yes, brother, let me have this benefit from you in the Lord! Refresh my heart in Christ. Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.</div>
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May you, the Reader, be blessed by these words :)</div>
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Terrys Blog for Christhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03572744456683172661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917594309463866113.post-78919140592103482732019-09-01T11:12:00.004-04:002019-09-01T11:21:06.890-04:00<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Dear all:</div>
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I have been struggling with an issue for some time; One that affects us all.</div>
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In fairly recent decisions by the powers to be in the Episcopal Church of America, the issue of Gay Marriage has come up. Now, before anybody gets their panties in a wad, this is not about bashing people who live the lifestyle but rather the lifestyle itself.</div>
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I, for one, am very disappointed the Episcopal Church has decided to go the path of Gay Marriage and has even gone as far as to penalise any priest who refuses to do it as In the case of Bishop Love.</div>
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I do side with Bishop Love because I believe he is Biblically correct in obeying Pauls instruction in 1 Timothy 5:22 which tells us to not to lay our hands on another sin and to keep ourselves pure.</div>
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I do not believe it is right to hate or bash or otherwise denigrate another. Now, if they come to the church seeking faith and fellowship, then, of course, we give it to them.</div>
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However, when the time comes for that person to make a decision as to whether or not that wish to walk with the Lord and they refuse to give up that kind of lifestyle and say that's Okay, I don't want to change, then we are NOT to pat them head and say that's Okay, we will change to suite your “needs”.</div>
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It is at that moment we violate Pauls instructions. Please keep in mind, the word of God does not change,God does not change, Jesus does not change, WE CHANGE!</div>
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I well realise the argument is out there that Jesus never commented on Homosexual behaviour. The truth of the matter is, he couldn't. He said as much in John 5:19 New International Version (NIV)</div>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="en-NIV-26230"></a>19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.<br />
So, in light of this, we know the Father has never made any further comment since the original condemnation in Leviticus and neither could Jesus.<br />
To sum up:<br />
No, I do not want to see the Episcopal or any other church dissolve because of the false teachings of modern Progressive Liberalism which is what is happening now with a deep divide within congregations.<br />
What I do want and pray for is for our badly misguided leaders to return to the teachings in the Bible and follow it like the African Bishops have elected to do and some Protestant denominations like the United Methodist Church which are cases in point.<br />
TerryTerrys Blog for Christhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03572744456683172661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917594309463866113.post-37335301322958125672018-06-24T12:07:00.003-04:002018-06-24T12:07:48.684-04:00Lesson for the week: 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 (NKJV)<div class="passage-text">
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<span class="text 2Cor-6-1"><span class="chapternum">6 </span>We then, <i>as</i> workers together <i>with Him</i> also plead with <i>you</i> not to receive the grace of God in vain. </span> <span class="text 2Cor-6-2" id="en-NKJV-28901"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>For He says:</span></div>
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<span class="text 2Cor-6-11"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our heart is wide open. </span> <span class="text 2Cor-6-12" id="en-NKJV-28911"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your <i>own</i> affections. </span> <span class="text 2Cor-6-13" id="en-NKJV-28912"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>Now in return for the same (I speak as to children), you also be open.</span><br />
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Terrys Blog for Christhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03572744456683172661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917594309463866113.post-86687690403003855112018-02-11T19:39:00.000-05:002018-02-11T19:39:10.535-05:00Lesson for the week: 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 (NKJV)<div class="version-NKJV result-text-style-normal text-html ">
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<span class="text 2Cor-4-3" id="en-NKJV-28863"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, </span> <span class="text 2Cor-4-4" id="en-NKJV-28864"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>whose
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should shine on them. </span> <span class="text 2Cor-4-5" id="en-NKJV-28865"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. </span> <span class="text 2Cor-4-6" id="en-NKJV-28866"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to <i>give</i> the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.</span><br />
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<span class="text 2Cor-4-6" id="en-NKJV-28866">May you, the reader, be blessed by these words :)</span><br />
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<span class="text 1Cor-9-16" id="en-NKJV-28557"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel! </span> <span class="text 1Cor-9-17" id="en-NKJV-28558"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship. </span> <span class="text 1Cor-9-18" id="en-NKJV-28559"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>What is my reward then? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.</span><br />
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<span class="text 1Cor-9-19"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>For though I am free from all <i>men,</i> I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; </span> <span class="text 1Cor-9-20" id="en-NKJV-28561"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup>and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those <i>who are</i> under the law, as under the law, that I might win those <i>who are</i> under the law; </span> <span class="text 1Cor-9-21" id="en-NKJV-28562"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup>to those <i>who are</i> without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those <i>who are</i> without law; </span> <span class="text 1Cor-9-22" id="en-NKJV-28563"><sup class="versenum">22 </sup>to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all <i>men,</i> that I might by all means save some. </span> <span class="text 1Cor-9-23" id="en-NKJV-28564"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup>Now this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be partaker of it with <i>you.</i></span><br />
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<span class="text 1Cor-9-23" id="en-NKJV-28564">May you, the reader, be blessed by these words :)</span><br />
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<span class="text 1Cor-6-12"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. </span> <span class="text 1Cor-6-13" id="en-NKJV-28481"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body <i>is</i> not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. </span> <span class="text 1Cor-6-14" id="en-NKJV-28482"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.</span><br />
<span class="text 1Cor-6-15" id="en-NKJV-28483"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make <i>them</i> members of a harlot? Certainly not! </span> <span class="text 1Cor-6-16" id="en-NKJV-28484"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body <i>with her?</i> For <span class="oblique">“the two,”</span> He says, <span class="oblique">“shall become one flesh.”</span> </span> <span class="text 1Cor-6-17" id="en-NKJV-28485"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit <i>with Him.</i></span><br />
<span class="text 1Cor-6-18" id="en-NKJV-28486"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. </span> <span class="text 1Cor-6-19" id="en-NKJV-28487"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit <i>who is</i> in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? </span> <span class="text 1Cor-6-20" id="en-NKJV-28488"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup>For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.</span><br />
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<span class="text 1Cor-6-20" id="en-NKJV-28488">May you, the reader, be blessed by these words :)</span><br />
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<span class="text Acts-19-2">So they said to him, “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”</span><br />
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<span class="text Acts-19-5" id="en-NKJV-27591"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>When they heard <i>this,</i> they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. </span> <span class="text Acts-19-6" id="en-NKJV-27592"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. </span> <span class="text Acts-19-7" id="en-NKJV-27593"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>Now the men were about twelve in all.</span><br />
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<span class="text 1Thess-1-1"><span class="chapternum">1 </span>Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,</span></div>
<span class="text 1Thess-1-1">To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:</span><br />
<span class="text 1Thess-1-1">Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</span><br />
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<span class="text 1Thess-1-2"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, </span> <span class="text 1Thess-1-3" id="en-NKJV-29564"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father, </span> <span class="text 1Thess-1-4" id="en-NKJV-29565"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God. </span> <span class="text 1Thess-1-5" id="en-NKJV-29566"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.</span><br />
<span class="text 1Thess-1-6" id="en-NKJV-29567"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit, </span> <span class="text 1Thess-1-7" id="en-NKJV-29568"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>so that you became examples to all in Macedonia and Achaia who believe. </span> <span class="text 1Thess-1-8" id="en-NKJV-29569"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything. </span> <span class="text 1Thess-1-9" id="en-NKJV-29570"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, </span> <span class="text 1Thess-1-10" id="en-NKJV-29571"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, <i>even</i> Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.</span><br />
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<span class="text 1Thess-1-10" id="en-NKJV-29571">Terry</span><br />
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Some judge one day to be better than another, while others judge all days to be alike. Let all be fully convinced in their own minds. Those who observe the day, observe it in honor of the Lord. Also those who eat, eat in honor of the Lord, since they give thanks to God; while those who abstain, abstain in honor of the Lord and give thanks to God.</div>
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May you, the reader, be blessed by these words :)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="passage-display-bcv">2 Peter 1:13-21</span><span class="passage-display-version"> (NKJV)</span></span></h1>
<span class="text 2Pet-1-13" id="en-NKJV-30493"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding <i>you</i>, </span> <span class="text 2Pet-1-14" id="en-NKJV-30494"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>knowing that shortly I <i>must</i> put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me. </span> <span class="text 2Pet-1-15" id="en-NKJV-30495"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my decease.</span><br />
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<span class="text 2Pet-1-16"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. </span> <span class="text 2Pet-1-17" id="en-NKJV-30497"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” </span> <span class="text 2Pet-1-18" id="en-NKJV-30498"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.</span><br />
<span class="text 2Pet-1-19" id="en-NKJV-30499"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; </span> <span class="text 2Pet-1-20" id="en-NKJV-30500"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup>knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, </span> <span class="text 2Pet-1-21" id="en-NKJV-30501"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup>for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke <i>as they were</i> moved by the Holy Spirit.</span><br />
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<span class="text Rom-6-12" id="en-NKJV-28081"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. </span> <span class="text Rom-6-13" id="en-NKJV-28082"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>And do not present your members <i>as</i> instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members <i>as</i> instruments of righteousness to God. </span> <span class="text Rom-6-14" id="en-NKJV-28083"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.</span><br />
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<span class="text Rom-6-15"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! </span> <span class="text Rom-6-16" id="en-NKJV-28085"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin <i>leading</i> to death, or of obedience <i>leading</i> to righteousness? </span> <span class="text Rom-6-17" id="en-NKJV-28086"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>But God be thanked that <i>though</i> you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. </span> <span class="text Rom-6-18" id="en-NKJV-28087"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. </span> <span class="text Rom-6-19" id="en-NKJV-28088"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>I speak in human <i>terms</i> because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members <i>as</i> slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness <i>leading</i> to <i>more</i> lawlessness, so now present your members <i>as</i> slaves <i>of</i> righteousness for holiness.</span><br />
<span class="text Rom-6-20" id="en-NKJV-28089"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup>For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. </span> <span class="text Rom-6-21" id="en-NKJV-28090"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup>What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things <i>is</i> death. </span> <span class="text Rom-6-22" id="en-NKJV-28091"><sup class="versenum">22 </sup>But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. </span> <span class="text Rom-6-23" id="en-NKJV-28092"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup>For the wages of sin <i>is</i> death, but the gift of God <i>is</i> eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.</span><br />
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<span class="initCap">W</span>hen the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.</div>
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Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs-- in our own languages we hear them speaking about God's deeds of power." All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?" But others sneered and said, "They are filled with new wine."</div>
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But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:</div>
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The sun shall be turned to darkness<br />and the moon to blood,<br />before the coming of the Lord's great and glorious day.</div>
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<span class="text Luke-24-13"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem. </span> <span class="text Luke-24-14" id="en-NKJV-26006"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>And they talked together of all these things which had happened. </span> <span class="text Luke-24-15" id="en-NKJV-26007"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. </span> <span class="text Luke-24-16" id="en-NKJV-26008"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him.</span><br />
<span class="text Luke-24-17" id="en-NKJV-26009"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>And He said to them, <span class="woj">“What kind of conversation <i>is</i> this that you have with one another as you walk and are sad?”</span></span><br />
<span class="text Luke-24-18" id="en-NKJV-26010"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, “Are You the only stranger in Jerusalem, and have You not known the things which happened there in these days?”</span><br />
<span class="text Luke-24-19" id="en-NKJV-26011"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>And He said to them, <span class="woj">“What things?”</span></span><br />
<span class="text Luke-24-19">So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, </span> <span class="text Luke-24-20" id="en-NKJV-26012"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup>and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and crucified Him. </span> <span class="text Luke-24-21" id="en-NKJV-26013"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup>But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened. </span> <span class="text Luke-24-22" id="en-NKJV-26014"><sup class="versenum">22 </sup>Yes, and certain women of our company, who arrived at the tomb early, astonished us. </span> <span class="text Luke-24-23" id="en-NKJV-26015"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup>When they did not find His body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said He was alive. </span> <span class="text Luke-24-24" id="en-NKJV-26016"><sup class="versenum">24 </sup>And certain of those <i>who were</i> with us went to the tomb and found <i>it</i> just as the women had said; but Him they did not see.”</span><br />
<span class="text Luke-24-25" id="en-NKJV-26017"><sup class="versenum">25 </sup>Then He said to them, <span class="woj">“O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!</span> </span> <span class="text Luke-24-26" id="en-NKJV-26018"><sup class="versenum">26 </sup><span class="woj">Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?”</span> </span> <span class="text Luke-24-27" id="en-NKJV-26019"><sup class="versenum">27 </sup>And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.</span><br />
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<span class="text Luke-24-28"><sup class="versenum">28 </sup>Then they drew near to the village where they were going, and He indicated that He would have gone farther. </span> <span class="text Luke-24-29" id="en-NKJV-26021"><sup class="versenum">29 </sup>But they constrained Him, saying, “Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.” And He went in to stay with them.</span><br />
<span class="text Luke-24-30" id="en-NKJV-26022"><sup class="versenum">30 </sup>Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke <i>it,</i> and gave it to them. </span> <span class="text Luke-24-31" id="en-NKJV-26023"><sup class="versenum">31 </sup>Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.</span><br />
<span class="text Luke-24-32" id="en-NKJV-26024"><sup class="versenum">32 </sup>And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?” </span> <span class="text Luke-24-33" id="en-NKJV-26025"><sup class="versenum">33 </sup>So they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and those <i>who were</i> with them gathered together, </span> <span class="text Luke-24-34" id="en-NKJV-26026"><sup class="versenum">34 </sup>saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” </span> <span class="text Luke-24-35" id="en-NKJV-26027"><sup class="versenum">35 </sup>And they told about the things <i>that had happened</i> on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of bread.</span><br />
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<span class="text Acts-2-14"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words. </span><br />
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<span class="text Acts-2-22" id="en-NKJV-26972"><sup class="versenum">22 </sup>“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know— </span> <span class="text Acts-2-23" id="en-NKJV-26973"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup>Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; </span> <span class="text Acts-2-24" id="en-NKJV-26974"><sup class="versenum">24 </sup>whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. </span> <span class="text Acts-2-25" id="en-NKJV-26975"><sup class="versenum">25 </sup>For David says concerning Him:</span></div>
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<span class="text Acts-2-25"><span class="oblique">‘I foresaw the L</span><span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">ord</span><span class="oblique"> always before my face,</span></span><br /><span class="text Acts-2-25"><span class="oblique">For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken.</span></span><br /><span class="text Acts-2-26" id="en-NKJV-26976"><sup class="versenum">26 </sup><span class="oblique">Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad;</span></span><br /><span class="text Acts-2-26"><span class="oblique">Moreover, my flesh also will rest in hope.</span></span><br /><span class="text Acts-2-27" id="en-NKJV-26977"><sup class="versenum">27 </sup><span class="oblique">For You will not leave my soul in Hades,</span></span><br /><span class="text Acts-2-27"><span class="oblique">Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.</span></span><br /><span class="text Acts-2-28" id="en-NKJV-26978"><sup class="versenum">28 </sup><span class="oblique">You have made known to me the ways of life;</span></span><br /><span class="text Acts-2-28"><span class="oblique">You will make me full of joy in Your presence.’</span></span></div>
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<span class="text Rom-8-6" id="en-NKJV-28123"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>For to be carnally minded <i>is</i> death, but to be spiritually minded <i>is</i> life and peace. </span> <span class="text Rom-8-7" id="en-NKJV-28124"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>Because the carnal mind <i>is</i> enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. </span> <span class="text Rom-8-8" id="en-NKJV-28125"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.</span><br />
<span class="text Rom-8-9" id="en-NKJV-28126"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. </span> <span class="text Rom-8-10" id="en-NKJV-28127"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>And if Christ <i>is</i> in you, the body <i>is</i> dead because of sin, but the Spirit <i>is</i> life because of righteousness. </span> <span class="text Rom-8-11" id="en-NKJV-28128"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.</span><br />
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<span class="text Eph-5-8"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>For you were once darkness, but now <i>you are</i> light in the Lord. Walk as children of light </span> <span class="text Eph-5-9" id="en-NKJV-29314"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>(for the fruit of the Spirit <i>is</i> in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), </span> <span class="text Eph-5-10" id="en-NKJV-29315"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. </span> <span class="text Eph-5-11" id="en-NKJV-29316"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose <i>them.</i> </span> <span class="text Eph-5-12" id="en-NKJV-29317"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. </span> <span class="text Eph-5-13" id="en-NKJV-29318"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. </span> <span class="text Eph-5-14" id="en-NKJV-29319"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>Therefore He says:</span><br />
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<span class="text John-3-1"><span class="chapternum">3 </span>There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. </span> <span class="text John-3-2" id="en-NKJV-26123"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”</span></div>
<span class="text John-3-3" id="en-NKJV-26124"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>Jesus answered and said to him,<span style="color: red;"> <span class="woj">“Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”</span></span></span><br />
<span class="text John-3-4" id="en-NKJV-26125"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”</span><br />
<span class="text John-3-5" id="en-NKJV-26126"><span style="color: red;"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>Jesus answered, </span><span class="woj"><span style="color: red;">“Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><span style="color: red;"> <span class="text John-3-6" id="en-NKJV-26127"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup><span class="woj">That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.</span> </span> <span class="text John-3-7" id="en-NKJV-26128"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup><span class="woj">Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’</span> </span> <span class="text John-3-8" id="en-NKJV-26129"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup><span class="woj">The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="text John-3-10" id="en-NKJV-26131"><span style="color: red;"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>Jesus answered and said to him, <span class="woj">“Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?</span> </span></span><span style="color: red;"> <span class="text John-3-11" id="en-NKJV-26132"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup><span class="woj">Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness.</span> </span> <span class="text John-3-12" id="en-NKJV-26133"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup><span class="woj">If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?</span> </span> <span class="text John-3-13" id="en-NKJV-26134"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup><span class="woj">No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, <i>that is,</i> the Son of Man who is in heaven.</span><sup class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-NKJV-26134a" data-link="[<a href="#fen-NKJV-26134a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3%3A1-17&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-26134a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</sup> </span> <span class="text John-3-14" id="en-NKJV-26135"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup><span class="woj">And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,</span> </span> <span class="text John-3-15" id="en-NKJV-26136"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup><span class="woj">that whoever believes in Him should not perish but</span><sup class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-NKJV-26136b" data-link="[<a href="#fen-NKJV-26136b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3%3A1-17&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-26136b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]</sup> <span class="woj">have eternal life.</span> </span> </span><span class="text John-3-16" id="en-NKJV-26137"><span style="color: red;"><sup class="versenum">16<i><u> </u></i></sup><i><u><span class="woj">For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.</span> </u></i></span></span><span style="color: red;"><i><u> <span class="text John-3-17" id="en-NKJV-26138"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup><span class="woj">For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be save</span></span></u></i></span><br />
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<span class="text 2Pet-1-16"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. </span> <span class="text 2Pet-1-17" id="en-NKJV-30497"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” </span> <span class="text 2Pet-1-18" id="en-NKJV-30498"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.</span><br />
<span class="text 2Pet-1-19" id="en-NKJV-30499"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; </span> <span class="text 2Pet-1-20" id="en-NKJV-30500"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup>knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, </span> <span class="text 2Pet-1-21" id="en-NKJV-30501"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup>for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke <i>as they were</i> moved by the Holy Spirit.</span><br />
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<span class="initCap">A</span>ccording to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Each builder must choose with care how to build on it. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ.</div>
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Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.</div>
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So let no one boast about human leaders. For all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future-- all belong to you, and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.</div>
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May you, the reader, be blessed by these words :)</div>
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<span class="text 1Cor-3-1"><span class="chapternum">3 </span>And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual <i>people</i> but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. </span> <span class="text 1Cor-3-2" id="en-NKJV-28413"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able <i>to receive it,</i> and even now you are still not able; </span> <span class="text 1Cor-3-3" id="en-NKJV-28414"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>for you are still carnal. For where <i>there are</i> envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like <i>mere</i> men? </span> <span class="text 1Cor-3-4" id="en-NKJV-28415"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I <i>am</i> of Apollos,” are you not carnal?</span></div>
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<span class="text 1Cor-3-5"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>Who then is Paul, and who <i>is</i> Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? </span> <span class="text 1Cor-3-6" id="en-NKJV-28417"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. </span> <span class="text 1Cor-3-7" id="en-NKJV-28418"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. </span> <span class="text 1Cor-3-8" id="en-NKJV-28419"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.</span><br />
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<span class="text 1Cor-3-9" id="en-NKJV-28420">Terry</span><br />
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<span class="initCap">W</span>hen I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. My speech and my proclamation were not with plausible words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.</div>
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Yet among the mature, we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish. But we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But, as it is written,</div>
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these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For what human being knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God’s except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God. [And we speak of these things in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual things to those who are spiritual.</div>
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Those who are unspiritual do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. Those who are spiritual discern all things, and they are themselves subject to no one else’s scrutiny.</div>
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