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phil36

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From letter of our beloved brother Paulus "Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christs sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong." (2 Cor. 12)

This is true thinking of spiritual man, who is not afraid to put himself exposed for the sake of the Gospel, but instead even thirsts for putting himself in a difficult position because of the truth. And blessed is the one who understands this noble mindset and does not try to protect himself for all cost for all the "impacts" that might follows from faithfulness to the word of God, but instead choose to be faithful even if it seems to led in to unfavorable position.

We must be loyal to God even if it means that we will be abandoned of mankind, and some way we will be, if we don't follow the world, but instead Lord Jesus. Our hope and salvation is not through human approval.

"Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for Christ will find it"

Let us be brave and serve God


A good reminder for us all.
 

throughfaith

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If your own condition wasn't so sad, then this would actually be humorous.

YOU are trying to wake up ME?

Thanks for the chuckle.

Anyhow, contrary to your latest false claim, the Bible is my strong subject (by God's grace), which is precisely why I regularly refute your lies with rightly-divided truth.

I'm quite familiar with your quote from the book of Acts, and...?

How does that negate THE FACT that Jesus commissioned his disciples to preach to ALL NATIONS AND THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH prior to this, which is the actual true point that I made and you ignored?

Of course, it doesn't.

Again, if you weren't so tightly closed up within your self-made box, then you would recognize and appreciate all Biblical truth.

As it presently stands, you rail against all of the truths that tear your little box to pieces.

Your choice.

As I said earlier, if I were you, then I'd repent.

To each his own.
Acts 11 .
15And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.

16Then remembered !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.

17Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?


THIS IS TEN YEARS AFTER ACTS 2. Yeah sure they are fulfilling the great commission all the while . NO you would have to be ideologically possessed to see gentiles being preached to prior to Cornelius.
 
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Heres a clue . The Jew first ....



...then the gentile . Thats how Israel understood the gentiles would be blessed through them. Its why they keep presenting the messiah to the council all through Acts .
No, here's a clue for you, which, of course, you'll willfully ignore:

All of the earliest believers in Christ, including Abraham, WERE GENTILES.

In fact, and this is a fact even if you fall off of your chair while reading it, there was no such thing as an Israelite upon the face of this earth until God changed Jacob's name to "Israel", and there were no tribes of Israel until the time came that Jacob/Israel had twelve sons.

Furthermore (if you're not hyperventilating by now), there was no such thing as a Jew upon the face of this earth until the time came that Jacob/Israel had his 4th son, Judah, which is where we derive the word "Jew" from.

Further still (if the paramedics haven't yet arrived), if you add up the genealogies that we're given in the Bible, then you will recognize that there were more than 2,200 years from the time of Adam until the time that the nation of Israel actually came into existence.

My point?

That everyone who existed upon the face of the earth during the aforementioned more than 2,200 years from Adam to the nation of Israel's forming was A GENTILE.

Yes, Abel, who was saved by faith, was A GENTILE.

Enoch, whose faith we also read about, was A GENTILE.

Noah, whose faith we also read about, was A GENTILE.

And last, but certainly not least, Abraham was A GENTILE.

Yes, he died before God changed Jacob's name to Israel, and before the nation of Israel came into existence.

My point?

That YOU apparently have absolutely no clue whatsoever in relation to what this whole Jew/Gentile thing is really all about.

Anyhow, that was just an aside...
 
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Acts 11 .
19¶Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. JEWS ONLY !!!!!!!!
And...?

Then they preached the same exact gospel message to the Gentiles, even as Jesus had previously commissioned them to do.

That's reality, no matter how much it riles you up, so deal with it.
 
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Acts 11 .
15And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.

16Then remembered !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.

17Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?


THIS IS TEN YEARS AFTER ACTS 2. Yeah sure they are fulfilling the great commission all the while . NO you would have to be ideologically possessed to see gentiles being preached to prior to Cornelius.
Hey, you finally admitted that they were fulfilling "The Great Commission" which had been given by Jesus many years prior to this.

Good for you.

Perhaps there's hope for you yet.

Now, after you've stopped hyperventilating, feel free to quote where I ever said that THE DISCIPLES were preaching to Gentiles prior to this.

Go ahead...I'll wait.

Despite your latest outburst, what I've actually been saying all along is that JESUS regularly ministered to and preached to BOTH Israelites AND GENTILES ALIKE (and he did), and that he ultimately commissioned his disciples to do exactly the same (and he did, and they did).

Seriously, you need to calm down.

I'm guilty of nothing but telling you the truth.

You, on the other hand, have been REGULARLY LYING TO PEOPLE HERE while insisting that Jesus' recorded words in the gospel accounts were only meant for Israelites or Jews, and I could very easily quote you on that.

In other words, you're the one who is at fault here.

What remains to be seen is whether or not you'll repent and publicly admit your error.

Time will tell.
 

throughfaith

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Hey, you finally admitted that they were fulfilling "The Great Commission" which had been given by Jesus many years prior to this.

Good for you.

Perhaps there's hope for you yet.

Now, after you've stopped hyperventilating, feel free to quote where I ever said that THE DISCIPLES were preaching to Gentiles prior to this.

Go ahead...I'll wait.

Despite your latest outburst, what I've actually been saying all along is that JESUS regularly ministered to and preached to BOTH Israelites AND GENTILES ALIKE (and he did), and that he ultimately commissioned his disciples to do exactly the same (and he did, and they did).

Seriously, you need to calm down.

I'm guilty of nothing but telling you the truth.

You, on the other hand, have been REGULARLY LYING TO PEOPLE HERE while insisting that Jesus' recorded words in the gospel accounts were only meant for Israelites or Jews, and I could very easily quote you on that.

In other words, you're the one who is at fault here.

What remains to be seen is whether or not you'll repent and publicly admit your error.

Time will tell.
Fullfilling no they were not . please show where they are 'fulfilling 'what Jesus said ( yet ) . Especially in light of Peter not having a clue until Cornelius. Why are they surprised by a gentile getting saved as they ? Why did Peter need the vision if he'd been preaching to the gentiles all a long ? No transitions needed taking place first . Then we get an apostle TO THE GENTILES . I'm a gentile, I have no fight in this other than what the scriptures actually say .
 

oyster67

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Yea, and those "exceptions" ARE EVERYWHERE, so stop pretending that they're not, and stop lying to people here on this forum by telling them that Jesus' words only applied to Israelites when he regularly ministered to and preached to BOTH Israelites AND GENTILES ALIKE.
Thank you so much for exposing that guy.
 

oyster67

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The bible isn't your strong subject is it .
Wow, just... wow. The Holy Spirit is what gives us understanding and discernment. There is no room to boast of our own wisdom or scholarship.
 

throughfaith

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Maybe you can tell that to God when you stand before Him on Judgement Day.
Is that supposed to be a threat ?
Maybe you can tell that to God when you stand before Him on Judgement Day.
Yeah thanks for the threat of hell . Nice. How about showing from scripture rather than knee jerk accusations. I said there are exceptions prior to Acts . I have posted all the scriptures where Jesus prior to his death and resurrection told them he had ONLY been sent to ISRAEL . And commanded the diciples ONLY to go to Jews . Aside from JESUS breaking from his programmatic ministry TO THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL , where like the cannanite women persisted and declared ' even the dogs eat the crumbs from the CHILDRENS table ' This shows even this amazing women understood the programme more than the majority of Christians today . She knew that Israel were the Children and gentiles were the ' dogs '


22And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

23¶But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

24¶But he answered and said, I am NOT SENT but unto the lost sheep of the house of ISRAEL !!!!!!!

25¶Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

26¶But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to DOGS . ( Gentle Jesus meek and mild )

27¶And she said, TRUTH !!!!!LORD !!!!!: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

28¶Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
 

throughfaith

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Wow, just... wow. The Holy Spirit is what gives us understanding and discernment. There is no room to boast of our own wisdom or scholarship.
I said ' the bible ' not anything about qualifications or scholarship ect . ' The bible '
 

throughfaith

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Wow, just... wow. The Holy Spirit is what gives us understanding and discernment. There is no room to boast of our own wisdom or scholarship.
Jesus own words which are yet to be addressed. So in stead of casting Christians and accusing someone being unsaved ,first check the scriptures.
26¶But he answered and said, It is NOT meet to take the CHILDRENS BREAD , and to cast it to DOGS . ( Gentle Jesus meek and mild )

27¶And she said, TRUTH !!!!!LORD !!!!!: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

WHOS BREAD ?? ISRAEL S BREAD . NOT MEET TO TAKE IT TO THE DOGS .
Its not about what i think its about what Jesus said.
 
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From letter of our beloved brother Paulus "Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christs sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong." (2 Cor. 12)

This is true thinking of spiritual man, who is not afraid to put himself exposed for the sake of the Gospel, but instead even thirsts for putting himself in a difficult position because of the truth. And blessed is the one who understands this noble mindset and does not try to protect himself for all cost for all the "impacts" that might follows from faithfulness to the word of God, but instead choose to be faithful even if it seems to led in to unfavorable position.

We must be loyal to God even if it means that we will be abandoned of mankind, and some way we will be, if we don't follow the world, but instead Lord Jesus. Our hope and salvation is not through human approval.

"Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for Christ will find it"

Let us be brave and serve God
How can a person who is preaching GOD's word be weak at all? If parents in this earth can raise a baby who is wholly dependent on his parents, but at a certain point, starts to gain his individuality, and is not so reliant on his parents, to the point where the child is now a man, can move out and start his own family and raise children of his own, how much more the GOD of creation can raise a strong man?
 
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Thank you so much for exposing that guy.
You're welcome, but my desire isn't so much to expose him, but rather to hopefully help him to see the error of his ways.

He's been forcing me to expose him because I'm not about to sit idly by while God's people possibly get deceived.
 

throughfaith

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Wow, just... wow. The Holy Spirit is what gives us understanding and discernment. There is no room to boast of our own wisdom or scholarship.
I'm being careful not to boast against the branches. We do well to take Israel s role with God seriously. How is it the cannanite woman spotted it and the majority of Christians with a complete Bible miss it ?
 

throughfaith

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You're welcome, but my desire isn't so much to expose him, but rather to hopefully help him to see the error of his ways.

He's been forcing me to expose him because I'm not about to sit idly by while God's people possibly get deceived.
lol . In your own mind . You've exposed how you don't understand Israel and God's relationship to Israel.
 

throughfaith

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You're welcome, but my desire isn't so much to expose him, but rather to hopefully help him to see the error of his ways.

He's been forcing me to expose him because I'm not about to sit idly by while God's people possibly get deceived.
You show the very issue that causes so many other errors in Church today . Namely replacement theology being the extreme. But it all stems from a 'me 'centered theology, where every verse is interpreted through American, western eyes.
 

throughfaith

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You're welcome, but my desire isn't so much to expose him, but rather to hopefully help him to see the error of his ways.

He's been forcing me to expose him because I'm not about to sit idly by while God's people possibly get deceived.
All you did was quote the ' great commission ' which comes after the point I was making ( After his resurrection) Then you cannot show any diciples going to gentiles nor explain why the diciples are shocked by Cornelius. Or this verse .
Acts 11
19¶Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the JEWS ONLY .

Acts2 . 38 ? not a gentile in sight .

please explain ?
 

oyster67

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Is that supposed to be a threat ?
Do you feel threatened by the Truth? The Truth can set you free from your fear if you will let it. Just invite Jesus into your heart today, my friend.
 

throughfaith

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Do you feel threatened by the Truth? The Truth can set you free from your fear if you will let it. Just invite Jesus into your heart today, my friend.
' inviting Jesus into our heart 'is not a bible verse . As a believer i understand the gospel we should preach today and not any other .
I believed...1 cor 15 1-4 and

9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

11For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

I will not stand before the judgment seat . Not because I'm on here virtue signalling or the good deeds I've done but :
Titus 3:5

“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;”