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The issue is compounded by the teaching that our goal as "Christians" is to "go to heaven when we die". Little is taught about maturing in Christ so that we may present the Father in the earth. If the church really understood that Jesus is the way the truth and life, this is what they would...

Agreed. We will know everyone we know now (if they are with us).

We will if we know them in the Spirit. "Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer."

The fear of the Lord is beginning of wisdom. As an aside: When I was in the public sector, I had to deal with a certain Director. She was arrogant and extremely religious (Roman Catholic). She had a picture in her office wall that read "Wonder is the beginning of wisdom". "How succinctly...

Maybe in Ezekiel 38 through 39? The reference is God's dealing with Gog and Magog. They are also noted in Revelation 20.

Yeah. The removal of restraint reveals the true nature of things... like people in the pews who are worldly.

The Holy Spirit will not leave His people. This is about the world becoming unrestrained.

Right? I wonder, of those who think otherwise, if they have never been restrained by the Holy Spirit personally. Personal restraint is a foundational instruction from the Holy Spirit to all who are His in Christ. Restraint is a function of love. I know of no reference in the scriptures that...

The Holy Spirit, after Christ's ascension, was sent work within the world: And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me; 10 of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; 11 of...

"Clergy" is derived from the Greek word "kleroo" which mean "a portion, an inheritance or a claim to a family estate". In the New Testament, all believers, through Christ, have a rightful claim to the lineage of the King and His kingdom. All have an inheritance in Christ. God does not separate...

A few caveats to your questions: 1. Because much of what is promoted as "prophecy" in the church is out of order, the church at-large does not understand the need to change according to the seasons of God. For example, as the Day of the Lord approaches one should expect the Holy Spirit to...

Yes! There must be a certain fruit that accompanies them.

Yeah, the genuine ones I know are more interested in helping others hear the Lord - teaching them to recognize the Spirit in their daily walk - than "giving" a prophesy. About 20 years ago... A prophet I knew very little about (at the time, we are friends now) was talking with me. He reached...

Genuine prophets won't have a "prophetic ministry" or anything like that. They will be focused on building up the Body of Christ. They will do this by teaching believers how to hear God in their own spirits. They will also work closely with apostles, knowing that foundational issues of the...

It's AI. Not real.

To your point: he relied on no one to teach him the wisdom of Christ. At least it is not apparent in the Bible. I mentioned his time with the teachers and profits more to note the delay in Paul's apostleship after being converted on his way to Damascus. So, it seems Paul looked to no one as an...

More accurately it was a period of 11 to 14 years. Because dates are approximated the range is appropriate. I used this chart for reference:

"You sit over there and someone will speak to you shortly." The typical church experience is very much like our experience in a physician's waiting room. We go to the building where we are to obtain service then wait patiently in our seats until the expert arrives. After the expert talks we...

Personally, if you recognize a worldly issue within the church, God's prescription is repentance now, not waiting for Him to sort it out on Judgement Day. The issue is, much of the world has been integrated by the religious system of Christianity that people can no longer recognize those...