Q&A - Friends N Christ2024-03-28T22:28:27Zhttps://friendsnchrist.ning.com/forum/categories/2993852:Category:4721/listForCategory?categoryId=2993852%3ACategory%3A4721&feed=yes&xn_auth=noUpcoming Global Christian Persecutiontag:friendsnchrist.ning.com,2024-03-02:2993852:Topic:1006662024-03-02T14:56:00.114ZEdhttps://friendsnchrist.ning.com/profile/Ed
<p>Are there others here that believe Christians will be gathered, along with Bibles, to be killed and destroyed before the onset of the tribulation? </p>
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<p>Several verses to confer:</p>
<p>"<span>But BEFORE all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, ..." Luke 21:12</span></p>
<p><span>(from the end times chapter about the great tribulation and the day of vengeance in the book of Luke)</span></p>
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<p>Are there others here that believe Christians will be gathered, along with Bibles, to be killed and destroyed before the onset of the tribulation? </p>
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<p>Several verses to confer:</p>
<p>"<span>But BEFORE all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, ..." Luke 21:12</span></p>
<p><span>(from the end times chapter about the great tribulation and the day of vengeance in the book of Luke)</span></p>
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<p><span>"</span><span id="en-KJV-22493" class="text Amos-8-11">Behold, the days come, saith the Lord<span> </span><span class="small-caps">God</span>, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the WORDS of the<span> </span><span class="small-caps">Lord</span>:</span></p>
<p><span id="en-KJV-22494" class="text Amos-8-12">And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the WORD of the<span> </span><span class="small-caps">Lord</span>, and shall not find it." Amos 8:11-12</span></p>
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<p><span class="text Amos-8-12">('words' are from those that speak the Word in verse 11 like preachers, pastors, teachers, etc... whereas verse 12 says the WORD OF THE LORD, being the physical Bible.)</span></p> 666: Ronald(6 letters) Wilson(6) Reagan(6) & United(6) States(6) Dollar(6)tag:friendsnchrist.ning.com,2022-06-06:2993852:Topic:962112022-06-06T23:31:25.836ZBrad Watson, Miamihttps://friendsnchrist.ning.com/profile/BradWatsonMiami
<p>I AM thee expert on the prophecy of<span> </span><em>The Revelation/Apocalypse</em>.<span> </span><em>Rev 13:18, "</em><span><em>Here is wisdom, Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man."</em> <strong>Ronald(6 letters) Wilson(6) Reagan(6)</strong> was the prophesied <em>"666 1st Beast"</em>/Antichrist. <strong>United(6) States(6) Dollar(6)</strong> is the <em>"666 mark of the Beast that everyone must have to buy or…</em></span></p>
<p>I AM thee expert on the prophecy of<span> </span><em>The Revelation/Apocalypse</em>.<span> </span><em>Rev 13:18, "</em><span><em>Here is wisdom, Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man."</em> <strong>Ronald(6 letters) Wilson(6) Reagan(6)</strong> was the prophesied <em>"666 1st Beast"</em>/Antichrist. <strong>United(6) States(6) Dollar(6)</strong> is the <em>"666 mark of the Beast that everyone must have to buy or sell"</em>.</span></p>
<p><span>See <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://7seals.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://7seals.blogspot.com</a> - <strong>only the returned Christ & Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce that</strong>. It's triggered <em>The Apocalypse/Revelation</em> which is NOT the 'end of the world'. </span></p> Are you a wise Virgin worthy for Jesus' Return?tag:friendsnchrist.ning.com,2021-07-17:2993852:Topic:931052021-07-17T02:37:11.742ZMelhttps://friendsnchrist.ning.com/profile/Mel
The mystery of the Oil in the lamps of the Virgins Matthew 25 solved!!!<br />
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JESUS is the Oil...the LIGHT of the world who lives in us....but how do we fill up?<br />
Jesus is the Word of God!<br />
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Fill your lamp with the WORD of God which is JESUS (John 1:1) He is the Oil that produces light in the life of men (John 1:4&5)<br />
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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)<br />
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Jesus is the Word!<br />
His word/Word says no one can come to Him, unless the Father draws him.…
The mystery of the Oil in the lamps of the Virgins Matthew 25 solved!!!<br />
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JESUS is the Oil...the LIGHT of the world who lives in us....but how do we fill up?<br />
Jesus is the Word of God!<br />
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Fill your lamp with the WORD of God which is JESUS (John 1:1) He is the Oil that produces light in the life of men (John 1:4&5)<br />
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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)<br />
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Jesus is the Word!<br />
His word/Word says no one can come to Him, unless the Father draws him. If you've been drawn to Jesus, God drew you to Him!<br />
"No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day."<br />
John 6:44 NKJV<br />
His word/Word says we are to come as we are and He will meet us where we are. We come in all our brokenness and imperfections and He meets us there. "The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.<br />
Psalms 34:16 NKJV<br />
His word/Word says, "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you."<br />
James 4:8a NKJV<br />
His word/Word says, "For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again,<br />
Proverbs 24:16a NKJV If you fall, get up!<br />
His word/Word says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."<br />
I John 1:9 NKJV<br />
Trust this process. Believe He will cleanse you.<br />
His word/Word says Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.<br />
James 5:16 NKJV The Fall of Americatag:friendsnchrist.ning.com,2021-02-24:2993852:Topic:928942021-02-24T15:52:23.211ZEdhttps://friendsnchrist.ning.com/profile/Ed
<p>A topic of controversy and meant for discussion not separation. Are we looking at the demise of the United States and the civilized Western World? The more I have studied and delve into the scriptures, the more I am beginning to realize that 'Israel' is going into captivity again. Does anyone feel the same way? </p>
<p>A topic of controversy and meant for discussion not separation. Are we looking at the demise of the United States and the civilized Western World? The more I have studied and delve into the scriptures, the more I am beginning to realize that 'Israel' is going into captivity again. Does anyone feel the same way? </p> Scriptures to Meditate on - Assurance from the Lordtag:friendsnchrist.ning.com,2020-04-07:2993852:Topic:821322020-04-07T18:19:15.392ZSavi Abrahamhttps://friendsnchrist.ning.com/profile/SaviAbraham
<p>Isaiah 26:20</p>
<p>Romans Ch 1</p>
<p>Psalms 121:1-8</p>
<p>Exodus 19:3,4</p>
<p>Isaiah 54:17</p>
<p>Zechariah 2:5</p>
<p>Isaiah 26:20</p>
<p>Romans Ch 1</p>
<p>Psalms 121:1-8</p>
<p>Exodus 19:3,4</p>
<p>Isaiah 54:17</p>
<p>Zechariah 2:5</p> WHAT IS LEGALISM?tag:friendsnchrist.ning.com,2019-05-07:2993852:Topic:801752019-05-07T12:03:37.557ZLindahttps://friendsnchrist.ning.com/profile/LindaCleary
<p>Legalism is a plague on the body of Christ.</p>
<p>It would be easier to remove if there was not so much confusion about what it is. Most only have a vague idea.</p>
<p>Anymore, if someone is telling you to do good works, they are labeled a legalist.<br></br>If someone is disciplined, wakes up to an alarm clock, dresses modestly, or has a practice of abstaining from anything (especially sin), they are called a legalist and told to loosen up.<br></br>If your mom tells you to clean your room and wash…</p>
<p>Legalism is a plague on the body of Christ.</p>
<p>It would be easier to remove if there was not so much confusion about what it is. Most only have a vague idea.</p>
<p>Anymore, if someone is telling you to do good works, they are labeled a legalist.<br/>If someone is disciplined, wakes up to an alarm clock, dresses modestly, or has a practice of abstaining from anything (especially sin), they are called a legalist and told to loosen up.<br/>If your mom tells you to clean your room and wash behind your ears, then mom becomes a legalist and a tyrant.<br/>Whoever says, “thou shalt not” and “no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” is a legalist.</p>
<p>Something is awry with how people diagnose legalism. Misidentifying what is legalism allows legalism to fester if there are looser laws, and at other times teachers of truth are wrongly misaken for legalists and rejected.</p>
<p>How can this be? The unbending nature of truth can be confused with the law’s binding of the flesh, and if you are not discerning, truth is thrown out with the legalistic bathwater.</p>
<p>Legalism is not narrow mindedness, correction, rebuke, or strict adherence to the truth of God. Running from these things will lead you to a worse place than legalism.</p>
<p>Legalism is when the motivation and means of Christian living is from the law.</p>
<p>Legalism speaks to how people live for the Lord. Legalists use the law as their means. How do you live? According to the law righteousness comes through doing the law (<a href="https://av1611.com/verseclick/gobible.php?p=Deu_6.25" class="vcVerseLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deu 6:25</a>; <a href="https://av1611.com/verseclick/gobible.php?p=Matt_5.17-19" class="vcVerseLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt 5:17-19</a>).</p>
<p>Legalism teaches that sinful behavior or wrong belief can be made right by imposing laws.</p>
<p>The law fails at producing what it desires, because it can only force people to obey with fear from an outside force acting upon them: the law.</p>
<p>The wrong way to oppose legalism would be to merely reduce the number of laws. Some of the most dangerous legalists will say only two laws are required (<a href="https://av1611.com/verseclick/gobible.php?p=Mark_12.29-31" class="vcVerseLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark 12:29-31</a>). This is still legalism.</p>
<p>Whether it is hundreds of laws or just two, the person is still under the dominion of the law and not operating under grace.</p>
<p>Grace teaches us that we are not under the law (<a href="https://av1611.com/verseclick/gobible.php?p=Rom_6.14" class="vcVerseLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rom 6:14</a>).</p>
<p>Those who live by grace understand that “now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested” (<a href="https://av1611.com/verseclick/gobible.php?p=Rom_3.21" class="vcVerseLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rom 3:21</a>).</p>
<p>The solution to legalism is not merely reducing the number of laws it is righteousness without the law: an altogether different means by grace through faith. This is not a diminishing of law, but a removal of law.</p>
<p>A lack of laws was never the problem. This means the law can never be the means for us to live for the Lord. The problem is internal.</p>
<p>Sin is the problem. God’s grace pays for sin. Grace kills sin.</p>
<p>Legalism binds the flesh with the law, but grace nails the flesh to the cross with the Lord (<a href="https://av1611.com/verseclick/gobible.php?p=Rom_6.3-4" class="vcVerseLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rom 6:3-4</a>; <a href="https://av1611.com/verseclick/gobible.php?p=Gal_6.14" class="vcVerseLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gal 6:14</a>).</p>
<p>Grace succeeds where the law fails, because it operates through faith from the inner man. The truth of God’s grace must start from the inside out.</p>
<p>The common fear among legalists is that removing the law will produce more sin, but the opposite is true.</p>
<p>Grace does not allow sin, give permission to sin, or makes us free to sin. Grace teaches us to live godly, walk in newness of life, and to live righteously (<a href="https://av1611.com/verseclick/gobible.php?p=Titus_2.13" class="vcVerseLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Titus 2:13</a>). Adding the law causes sin to abound, and many times it gives sin places to hide behind where the law is silent (<a href="https://av1611.com/verseclick/gobible.php?p=Rom_5.20" class="vcVerseLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rom 5:20</a>).</p>
<p>Grace and the law both try to produce the same thing: good behavior and good works (<a href="https://av1611.com/verseclick/gobible.php?p=Eph_2.10" class="vcVerseLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eph 2:10</a>; <a href="https://av1611.com/verseclick/gobible.php?p=Titus_2.14" class="vcVerseLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Titus 2:14</a>). The difference is not always a difference in the action or the outcome; the difference exists in the means and motivation for doing the good.</p>
<p>Forcing someone to do something against their will as does the law, does not change their inner man.</p>
<p>Grace produces what the law could not (<a href="https://av1611.com/verseclick/gobible.php?p=Rom_8.3-4" class="vcVerseLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rom 8:3-4</a>). The law requires the flesh to perform. The grace of God gives the soul something to believe.</p>
<p>Grace ordains men unto good works before they’ve done one (<a href="https://av1611.com/verseclick/gobible.php?p=Eph_2.10" class="vcVerseLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eph 2:10</a>). Through faith their hearts can purpose to do good works willingly as God’s word works effectually in every believer.</p>
<p>Grace changes the motivation of the inner man from fear and force to faith, hope, and charity (<a href="https://av1611.com/verseclick/gobible.php?p=Rom_8.15" class="vcVerseLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rom 8:15</a>). Faith, hope, and charity are reaped by sowing grace truth to the inner man.</p>
<p>This is why grace requires a narrow mind (a sound mind) and strict adherence to truth to maintain. Truth works in your mind and your inner man.</p>
<p>Truth must be affirmed and upheld (<a href="https://av1611.com/verseclick/gobible.php?p=1%20Tim_3.15" class="vcVerseLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1 Tim 3:15</a>). The truth of God’s grace cannot be mixed with the weakness of the law. We are told to hold fast, and we do so by a strength of faith not the legalistic chain of the law.</p>
<p>Conviction, correction, narrow mindedness toward the truth, and avoiding error is not legalism if it is motivated by grace. It can be the product of willing hearts by faith doing the will of God, letting God be true, and “teaching no other doctrine” (<a href="https://av1611.com/verseclick/gobible.php?p=1%20Tim_1.3" class="vcVerseLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1 Tim 1:3</a>).</p>
<p>Legalism does not require a strict adherence to what you believe, only how you behave. Legalism cannot control your mind, but always controls your flesh.</p>
<p>Legalism uses the law and starts to work on the outer man. Grace uses the cross of Christ and begins the work on the inner man.</p>
<p>Don’t throw out the truth while trying to remove legalism in the church. One is a blessing, the other is a curse.</p> Prophecy Fulfilled - "7 Seals" revealed as 'Beyond Einstein Theoriestag:friendsnchrist.ning.com,2019-03-01:2993852:Topic:784582019-03-01T15:18:50.695ZBrad Watson, Miamihttps://friendsnchrist.ning.com/profile/BradWatsonMiami
<p>See the <em>"7 seals"</em> of <em>Revelation 5:1</em> revealed as 'Beyond Einstein Theories' at <a href="http://7seals.blogspot.com">http://7seals.blogspot.com</a> and/or the attchment below. I've unveiled secrets hidden since the foundation of this world. </p>
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<p>Are you good at math & science? I can answer your questions. </p>
<p>See the <em>"7 seals"</em> of <em>Revelation 5:1</em> revealed as 'Beyond Einstein Theories' at <a href="http://7seals.blogspot.com">http://7seals.blogspot.com</a> and/or the attchment below. I've unveiled secrets hidden since the foundation of this world. </p>
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<p>Are you good at math & science? I can answer your questions. </p> Donald Trump = 666, He's the current Antichristtag:friendsnchrist.ning.com,2019-03-01:2993852:Topic:787752019-03-01T15:02:04.814ZBrad Watson, Miamihttps://friendsnchrist.ning.com/profile/BradWatsonMiami
<p><strong>Donald Trump = <em>"six hundred sixty-six</em> (666)"</strong> using the <em>Evil=48 Code</em> of A=49, B50...Z74. He's the current Antichrist whose actions are the opposite of the Christ, e.g. he's a compulsive/pathological liar, extremely greedy and boastful, assists the uber-rich, doesn't help the poor, sick, and needy. He wants to torture, etc. </p>
<p><strong>D52+O63+N62+A49+L60+D52 + T68+R66+U69+M61+P64 = 666…</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Donald Trump = <em>"six hundred sixty-six</em> (666)"</strong> using the <em>Evil=48 Code</em> of A=49, B50...Z74. He's the current Antichrist whose actions are the opposite of the Christ, e.g. he's a compulsive/pathological liar, extremely greedy and boastful, assists the uber-rich, doesn't help the poor, sick, and needy. He wants to torture, etc. </p>
<p><strong>D52+O63+N62+A49+L60+D52 + T68+R66+U69+M61+P64 = 666</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1237423551?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1237423551?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></p> How do you start over after losing your spouse?tag:friendsnchrist.ning.com,2019-01-25:2993852:Topic:784742019-01-25T10:04:32.027ZLuLu Comerhttps://friendsnchrist.ning.com/profile/LuLuComer3
<p> I have found myself having to start over after losing my husband of nearly 38 years. I'm too old to know how to begin a new life and too young to hope for a quick death. (of this flesh body, not of my soul of course) Now I feel a bit lost as to what I should do with my life? I find comfort in God's words. I feel guilty when I think about starting life with another man. I never cheated and when I think of having a life with someone else I feel like I'm cheating on a man who is no longer…</p>
<p> I have found myself having to start over after losing my husband of nearly 38 years. I'm too old to know how to begin a new life and too young to hope for a quick death. (of this flesh body, not of my soul of course) Now I feel a bit lost as to what I should do with my life? I find comfort in God's words. I feel guilty when I think about starting life with another man. I never cheated and when I think of having a life with someone else I feel like I'm cheating on a man who is no longer here on Earth. I know that probably sounds, well, stupid. But none the less, here I am pouring out my heart looking for answers. Maybe there is no answer. I'm lost and have no idea how to be found? I guess I shouldn't bother others with my silly problems. But what do I have to lose? Maybe God led me here for good reason?</p> Sin not unto death?tag:friendsnchrist.ning.com,2016-05-18:2993852:Topic:673762016-05-18T00:36:09.847ZWilliam H.https://friendsnchrist.ning.com/profile/Labrock
<p><span>1 Jn.5:16-17 16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin *not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. 17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin *not unto death./ ..... Jas.1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.... / Rom.6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal…</span></p>
<p><span>1 Jn.5:16-17 16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin *not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. 17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin *not unto death./ ..... Jas.1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.... / Rom.6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord..... Compare and comment.</span></p>
<p><span>Are we seeing the difference between the unpardonable (un-repentative) sin (which causes one to be cut off from the congregation and the kingdom) or a difference in "sin"s.</span></p>
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<p>unpardonable: <a href="http://friendsnchrist.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-unpardonable-sin">http://friendsnchrist.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-unpardonable-sin</a></p>