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Nothing.......Nothing ........Nothing !!!
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Jul 8, 2009 2:28 pm
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Nothing !
I have noticed a type of person , a church leader , who talks and posts a lot but she says nothing. By which I mean her posts and sermons are of no benefit .
The significane of her words does not correspond at to their volume.
Shee finds nothing to say so she says nothing , then elaborates and spends a long time writing and posting , yet the result of her postings is nothing , and the member is forced to waste his time reading to this ' nothing '
Even more surprising than this is that She asks for another appointment to debate with John! in order to finish off telling us this ' nothing ' with even more ' nothing ' of the same sort !!
If only everybody would weigh his words before posting and consider whether they are worth the time it takes to say them and whether they will be useful without heresies and whether they deserve to be read ??
She should also consider how much the members of the group can put up with , by watching their expressions to see if they really want to read. and see her defeat.....................
If She feels that the member wants to be excused then she should let them go in peace.!
If Elohim is with us , who can be against us .
Sicowin
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Levels of faith .
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Jul 6, 2009 1:08 pm
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There might be a person " who is weak in the faith "
( Rom 14:1) ,
or " of little faith " ( Mt.14:1)
Another person needs to " perfect what is lacking in his faith "
( 1 Thess.3:12)
A third is " slow of heart to believe "
like the two disciples of Emmaus
( Lk.24:25)
On the contrary to this , there are levels of faith :
A faithful person ,
Another , " not a novice "
( 1 Tim.3:6)
A third , "......his faith grows exceedingly "
(2 Thess 1:3)
or he " abounds in faith "
( 2 Cor.
A fourth , " continues in faith , grounded and steadfast "
( Col.1:23)
A fifth , " steadfast in the faith "
( 1 Pet.5:9)
A sixth , " rich in faith "
( Jas.2:5)
Above all those , a seventh , " full of faith "
( Acts 6:5)
The Lord said about some , " great is your faith "
( Mt.15:28 )
There is strong faith in which " signs will follow those who believe " ( Mk.16:17)
and faith that , " could move mountains "
( 1 Cor.13:2)
And a greater faith which makes everything possible , " all things are possible to him who believes "
( Mk.9:23 )
Before all this , what is your position in faith ?
Are you a true believer ?
Do you have that faith ....." Faith working through love "?
( Gal.5:6)
Do you grow in faith ? Or is your faith strong and great ?
Or you need prayers so " that your faith should not fail "?
( Lk.22:32)
brothers and sisters ......." examine yourselves as to where you are n faith , prove yourselves ?" ( 2 Cor.15:3 )
Undoubtedly , the word " Faith " bears deep meanings....
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How can He die though He is God ?
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Jul 3, 2009 10:35 am
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I received another question and would like to share with you :
A) Is it possible that Christ dies though He is God ?
 Can God die ?
C) Was the death of Christ a weakness ?
D) Who was managing the world during His death ?
Any comment ? Reply ?
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The resurrection of the dead.
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Jul 3, 2009 9:24 am
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We shall rise in spiritual heavenly bodies.
The Resurrection of the dead .
We do believe in the resurrection of all the dead ; righteous and wicked.
As said in the Gospel of John , " the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth- those who have done good , to the resurrection of life , and those who have done evil to the resurrection of condemnation "
( Jn.5:28,29 )
The resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ was the firstfruit of our resurrection.
Chapter 15 of the first Epistle to the Corinithians speaks mainly about the resurrection of the dead.
The Apostle says ,
" But now Christ is risen from the dead , and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep . For since by man came death , by Man also came the resurrection of the dead ........But each one in his own order ; Christ the firstfruits , afterward those who are Christ's at His coming "
(1 Cor.15:20-23 )
We shal rise in spiritual heavenly bodies which are not material.
The apostle says about the raised bodies , " It is sown in dishonor , it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness , it is raised in power. It is sown a natural body , it is raised a spiritual body............And as we have born the image of the man of dust , we shall bear the image of the heavenly Man.....flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God "
( 1 Cor.15:42-50 )
He said also , " We also eagrly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ , who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body "
(Phil.3:20,21 )
This means that we shall rise in a body conforming to the glorious body in which the Lord rose.
The general resurrectin will be followed by the Judgment , and the latter will take place in the Second coming of the Lord.
So it is written , " For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angles , and then He will reward each according to his works "
( Mt.16:27 )
And also , " When the Son of man comes in His glory , and all the holy angels with Him then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him , and He will separate them one from another , as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats .And He will set the sheep on His right and the gats on the left "
( Mt.25:31-33 )
Then the Judgment begins and ends with the words , " And these will go away into everlasting judgment , but the righteous into eternal life "
( Mt.25:46 )
In the resurrection those who are alive will be caught up , and their bodies will be transformed.
Those who have fallen asleep , the Lord will bring with Him in His Second coming as the apostle says
( 1 Thess.4:14 )
Because the Lord will come " with ten thousands of His saints "
( Jud.14 )
" For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout , with the voice of an archangel , and with the trumpet of God .And the dead in Christ will rise first.Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
( 1 Thess.4:16, 17 )
In the resurrection , at the moment of being caught up, we shall change into spiritual bodies.
As the apostle says ,
" we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment , in the twinkling of an eye , at the last trumpet.For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible , and we shall be changed. For the corruptible must put on incorruption , and this mortal must put on immortality "
(1 Cor.15:51-53 )
It means that we shall put on the spiritual heavenly bodies which are not subject to corruption or death.
So , three serious events will take place successively , namely :
1. The Second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with His angels and ten thousands of His saints.
2. The resurrection of the dead , both the righteous and the wicked.
3. The general judgment of which the apostles says ,
" For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body , according to what he has done , whether good or bad "
( 2 Cor.5:10 )
At that point the present world will come to an end , and the life of the ages to come start , and everyone in his rank .
Brothers and sisters ,
He who prepares himself for the eternal life thinks much about it , about God , His angels and His saints, about God's dwelling with people in the heavenly Jerusalem , and about release of the spirit from the stress of the body , and sees that this is far much better.......and so he/she longs for it.
Blessings
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Is defending faith considered a sin of judging others ?
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Jul 2, 2009 2:20 pm
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I sometimes find mistakes against faith from some ministers and memebers .
If I revealed these mistakes to the others and explained what is wrong with them , would I be committing the sin of judging others ?
Or , should I keep quiet so that things may go smooth ?
Do prudence and spirituality require that ?
There is a difference between the duty of condemning wrong views or acts and the sin of judging others.
Should we not defend faith against the heresy of ......&......&......and others out of fear of the sin of judging others ?
If someone in the groups of BC. falls in a faith mistake , shall we compliment him/her at the expense of faith ?
Shall we fear falling in judging othere ?.......
No , for judging him/her is a virtue , and not judging him/her is negligence.
Talking about judging others here is out of place and contrary to what should be said To save the souls of others !!!!!!
about personal acts ,
St. Paul the apostle said ,
" Who are you to judge another's servant ? To his own Master he stands or falls. Indeed , he will be made to stand , for God is able to make him stand "
( Rom.14:4)
As for faith issues ,
these have nothing to do with the sin of judging others .On the contrary defending faith is a holy duty.
Here is St. John the Beloved , who spoke Mostly about love , saying about faith issues ,
" if someone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine , do not receive him into your house , nor greet him , for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds "
( 2 Jn.10:11)
Can it be that the one who does not greet such a person is considered has fallen in the sin of judging others ?!
Never , but if he accepts this perverted person , he will be sinning.
That is what St. Paul said ,
" Reject a devisive man after the first and second admonition , konowing that such a person is warped and sinning being self-condemned "
( Tim.3:10,11)
And he said also in ( 1 Thess.5:4) ,
" But we command you , brethern in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ , that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us "
( 2 Thess.3:6)
Here the apostle did not only condemn , but more than that admonish the warped person avoiding him , withdrawing from him ,not accepting him in the house and not greeting him.
The divisive and the warped in faith and dogma must be condemned, and not condemning him is considered a sin.
Not judging a warped makes his wrong teaching spread and take a wider scope and affect a bigger groupof people.
All the church in early christianity , condemned Arius , Nestorius , Eutichus and others.
Yet , it was not a sin of judging others , but a lwaful obligatory condmnation.
First and before any other thing it was a condemnation of thoughts and dogma , as well as condemnation of every wrong explanation of the Holy Bible's verses.
Those who led the struggle against them who deviated were considered heroes of faith by the church
,Among those were St. Athanasius , st, Cyril the Great , St. Basil and St, Gregory the theologian, and also the steadfast congregation who held to their faith and refused such heresies !
Should we then neglect defending faith against JWs and Mormons and others under the pretext of avoiding judging others ??!!!!!!!!!!!!
God forbid..
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