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Oh...I don't know............MAYBE THE BIBLE...do you even study???
Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.[SUP]2 [/SUP]Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
"Yet, the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me from all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For He has chosen Judah to be a leader; and in the house of Judah, my father's house, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. "Of all my sons (for the LORD has given me many sons), He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. "He said to me, 'Your son Solomon is the one who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him.
Not only are their bible smart people here, there are also Spirit filled laborers of love.
[FONT="]“Our fathers had the Tent of Witness in the wilderness. It had been made just as God, who spoke to Moshe, had ordered it made, according to the pattern Moshe had seen. 45 Later on, our fathers who had received it brought it in with Y’hoshua when they took the Land away from the nations that God drove out before them.[/FONT]
[FONT="]“So it was until the days of David. 46 He enjoyed God’s favor and asked if he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Ya‘akov 47 and Shlomo did build him a house. 48 But Ha‘Elyon does not live in places made by hand! As the prophet says,[/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="]49 ‘Heaven is my throne,’ says Adonai,
‘and the earth is my footstool.
What kind of house could you build for me?
What kind of place could you devise for my rest?
50 Didn’t I myself make all these things?’[p][/FONT]
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[FONT="]51 “Stiffnecked people,[q] with uncircumcised hearts and ears![r] You continually oppose the Ruach HaKodesh![/FONT]
davids decree
[FONT="]I know also, my God, that you test the heart and take pleasure in integrity. As for myself, I have given all these things willingly, in the integrity of my heart; and now, with joy, I have seen your people who are present here give willingly to you. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]18 Adonai, God of Avraham, Yitz’chak and Isra’el our ancestors, guard forever the inclinations of the thoughts in the hearts of your people; direct their hearts to you;[/FONT]
[FONT="]I know also, my God, that you test the heart and take pleasure in integrity. As for myself, I have given all these things willingly, in the integrity of my heart; and now, with joy, I have seen your people who are present here give willingly to you. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]18 Adonai, God of Avraham, Yitz’chak and Isra’el our ancestors, guard forever the inclinations of the thoughts in the hearts of your people; direct their hearts to you;[/FONT]
Then you must lose it like 100 times a day.
What sin? We have no sins attributed to us. They have all been forgiven. Every last one. So, what's this sin you speak of that will cause us to "venture out" of God's love?
God loves us for who we are, not for what we do. You still don't get the simple fact that we have, and will always have, the righteousness of Jesus imputed to us. If we were ever to lose it, then Jesus would lose His.
And that isn't gonna happen.
When the Prodigal was living his life of sin, did his father turn his back on him and disown him? Nope. he always remained his son. And that is a beautiful picture of our relationship with our heavenly Father.
Ridiculous.
Even more ridiculous.
Our salvation isn't based on whether or not we "feel" it. Now you sound like a Mormon. Our salvation is based on God's promise that if we call upon the name of the Lord, we shall be saved.
Do you still sin every single day, Ralph?
Well, then by your own words, you're a hypocrite.
Yet again, this is the filth that keeps so many people in bondage, because your kind can't, and never could, tell people how many works are necessary for assurance. 10 a day? 50? 100?
It's all based on performance, and that puts such an incredible burden on people. They live a life if fear that they aren't measuring up, that God has abandoned them, that they perhaps aren't even saved.
That's the kind of guilt that cult leaders use to control their people.
If you add a single work to saving faith, salvation is no longer a gift, and it becomes a reward that you can boast about.
And God's not going allow you to share His glory for saving you.
What sin? We have no sins attributed to us. They have all been forgiven. Every last one. So, what's this sin you speak of that will cause us to "venture out" of God's love?
God loves us for who we are, not for what we do. You still don't get the simple fact that we have, and will always have, the righteousness of Jesus imputed to us. If we were ever to lose it, then Jesus would lose His.
And that isn't gonna happen.
When the Prodigal was living his life of sin, did his father turn his back on him and disown him? Nope. he always remained his son. And that is a beautiful picture of our relationship with our heavenly Father.
Ridiculous.
Even more ridiculous.
Our salvation isn't based on whether or not we "feel" it. Now you sound like a Mormon. Our salvation is based on God's promise that if we call upon the name of the Lord, we shall be saved.
Do you still sin every single day, Ralph?
Well, then by your own words, you're a hypocrite.
Yet again, this is the filth that keeps so many people in bondage, because your kind can't, and never could, tell people how many works are necessary for assurance. 10 a day? 50? 100?
It's all based on performance, and that puts such an incredible burden on people. They live a life if fear that they aren't measuring up, that God has abandoned them, that they perhaps aren't even saved.
That's the kind of guilt that cult leaders use to control their people.
If you add a single work to saving faith, salvation is no longer a gift, and it becomes a reward that you can boast about.
And God's not going allow you to share His glory for saving you.
Shlomo the son of David grew stronger in his rulership; Adonai his God was with him, making him greater and greater.
2 Shlomo spoke to all Isra’el — to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges and to every leader in all Isra’el, the heads of clans. 3 Shlomo and the whole community with him went to the high place at Giv‘on, because in that place was God’s tent of meeting, which Moshe the servant of Adonai had made in the desert. 4 But the ark of God David had brought up from Kiryat-Ye‘arim to the place he had prepared for it — he had set up a tent for it in Yerushalayim.
5 The bronze altar crafted by B’tzal’el the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had been placed before the tabernacle of Adonai;
and there Shlomo and the community consulted him. 6 On the bronze altar at the tent of meeting Shlomo offered a thousand burnt offerings before Adonai.
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Integrity,
selfcontrol and fruits of the Spirit.
davids decree
I know also, my God, that you test the heart and take pleasure in integrity. As for myself, I have given all these things willingly, in the integrity of my heart; and now, with joy, I have seen your people who are present here give willingly to you. 18 Adonai, God of Avraham, Yitz’chak and Isra’el our ancestors, guard forever the inclinations of the thoughts in the hearts of your people; direct their hearts to you;
5 The bronze altar crafted by B’tzal’el the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had been placed before the tabernacle of Adonai;
Moshe summoned B’tzal’el, Oholi’av and every craftsman to whom Adonai had given wisdom, everyone whose heart stirred him, to come and take part in the work. 3 They received from Moshe all the offering which the people of Isra’el had brought for the work of building the sanctuary. But they still kept bringing voluntary offerings every morning, 4 until all the craftsmen doing the work for the sanctuary left the work they were involved with 5 to tell Moshe,
“The people are bringing far more than is needed to do the work Adonai has ordered done.” 6
So Moshe gave an order which was proclaimed throughout the camp:
“Neither men nor women are to make any further efforts for the sanctuary offering.”
In this way, the people were restrained from making additional contributions. 7 For what they had already was not only sufficient for doing all the work, but too much!
selfcontrol and fruits of the Spirit.
davids decree
I know also, my God, that you test the heart and take pleasure in integrity. As for myself, I have given all these things willingly, in the integrity of my heart; and now, with joy, I have seen your people who are present here give willingly to you. 18 Adonai, God of Avraham, Yitz’chak and Isra’el our ancestors, guard forever the inclinations of the thoughts in the hearts of your people; direct their hearts to you;
5 The bronze altar crafted by B’tzal’el the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had been placed before the tabernacle of Adonai;
Moshe summoned B’tzal’el, Oholi’av and every craftsman to whom Adonai had given wisdom, everyone whose heart stirred him, to come and take part in the work. 3 They received from Moshe all the offering which the people of Isra’el had brought for the work of building the sanctuary. But they still kept bringing voluntary offerings every morning, 4 until all the craftsmen doing the work for the sanctuary left the work they were involved with 5 to tell Moshe,
“The people are bringing far more than is needed to do the work Adonai has ordered done.” 6
So Moshe gave an order which was proclaimed throughout the camp:
“Neither men nor women are to make any further efforts for the sanctuary offering.”
In this way, the people were restrained from making additional contributions. 7 For what they had already was not only sufficient for doing all the work, but too much!
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Um, 7777pinacled, do you just cut and paste, or do you have any original thoughts?
Is it what saves me?
Or is it
Who saves me?
Who is it that judges me?
Is it satan or Jesus?
Satan the father of lies does his best to stand in judgement over us and tell us that God does the same"
He says "ooh your not worthy, you sinned too much today, you ain't read the Bible for a few days and it goes on and on and on.
I have already been judged, declared guilty.
That was done on the cross.
"It is finished"
Price paid.
Who is it that saves me?
The one who said "It is finished"
"
Or is it
Who saves me?
Who is it that judges me?
Is it satan or Jesus?
Satan the father of lies does his best to stand in judgement over us and tell us that God does the same"
He says "ooh your not worthy, you sinned too much today, you ain't read the Bible for a few days and it goes on and on and on.
I have already been judged, declared guilty.
That was done on the cross.
"It is finished"
Price paid.
Who is it that saves me?
The one who said "It is finished"
"
