"But for the grace of God, go I" "Perhaps smartphones are the mark of the beast!
Ponder this very very carefully!
https://christianchat.com/threads/prayer-message-today.183763/post-5326341
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"But for the grace of God, go I" "Perhaps smartphones are the mark of the beast!
Ponder this very very carefully!
https://christianchat.com/threads/prayer-message-today.183763/post-5326341
** ' Perhaps our smartphones are the mark of the beast. It's still an early stage, but it's getting close.
We already buy and sell with these devices. It's just a matter of time before you know it we will not be able to
buy and sell without these devices. You carry the mark on your right hand every day doesn't specifically mean inside
like a chip but inside your right hand, you hold your phone every day as if you can't live without it.
'And to those who love VR Headsets be mindful that these devices collect your data and it is stored within the beast system
creating an artificial you. A copy of your soul so that after we die there will be unrest for our souls because we were fed to the beast.
'Our thoughts, our data, and photos of you and your family are taken upon facial recognition so that the beast recognizes us. Even your voice some people like to say hey Google and the Google app will only respond to your voice they even have your voice recorded mind you the fingerprint unlock button our phones carry also takes your identity. We feed the beast every day unknowingly. It causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked in the right hand or the forehead.
'The Bible is very tricky and delicate with this verse. If the Bible speaks of the mark being in your right hand start looking
in that direction and see what you are holding in your right hand as we speak, then you will be closer to the truth.
'Open up your mind so that you may see the truth for what it is. It's right in front of us we need no more proof,
you are already carrying the proof. These devices are making it hard to live without them every day.
Be blessed and find Jesus in the heart.'
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'The "Divine Readings" are clear, "God's purpose is lost souls" which means that a central aspect of God's plan is to seek out
and redeem those who are spiritually lost, bringing them back into a relationship with Him through love, mercy, and forgiveness; essentially, God desires to save those who have strayed from the divine path and need salvation.
https://christianchat.com/threads/cra-christians-in-recovery-anonymous.184102/post-5324229
'An old thread, but often newcomers bring to the remembrance of perhaps encouragement and hope
are needed from those of us who have experienced similar circumstances.'
'I believe there are those who appear too bent on selfishness and self-centeredness to realize that many who
come here are labored with troublesome burdens and in need of spiritual nurturing more so than pages of
scripture quotes and worldly opinions and attempts to "explain unknown mysteries." Principles before personalities
are of great significance...ponder this carefully.
'Spiritual preparation is important in today's world because it provides a strong foundation to navigate life's challenges,
offering a sense of purpose, inner strength, and resilience when facing difficult situations, uncertainties, and complexities, allowing individuals to respond with greater calm and clarity, particularly in times of crisis or stress; it also helps cultivate positive values and ethical decision-making.'
'Spiritual focus is important in daily life as it can provide a sense of meaning and purpose, foster inner peace, enhance emotional well-being, promote positive relationships, and offer a source of strength and resilience when facing challenges, allowing individuals to navigate life with greater purpose and contentment; it can also encourage compassion and ethical behavior towards others.
The future involves prayer and preparation, more than prediction and planning.'
(Intended solely as informative and subjects to reflect on.
Spiritual maturity and growth depend on the measure of one's intent. )
The truth of it all. And all do not accept the truth of it all.
https://christianchat.com/threads/todays-inspiration.183984/post-5411873
“The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for His own glory, man’s salvation, faith and life,
is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture:
unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelations of the Spirit, or traditions of men
[Gal. 1:8–9; 2 Thess. 2:2; 2 Tim. 3:15–17].”
'The Scriptures principally teach, What man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.'
(Intended solely as informative and subjects to reflect on.
Spiritual maturity and growth depend on the measure of one's intent. )
'Reflecting on truth often is a reminder that untruths will always be a hindrance
from hopefully achieving spiritual wellness in any age.
'We should also be truthful in speaking of our past achievements in our particular vocation.
God does not ask us to understate the facts—that might even be untruthfulness—but He does not want us to overrate our achievements or gifts, either in thought or speech. A lie is anything contrary to the naked truth.
https://christianchat.com/threads/this-side-of-the-glass.182929/post-4671791
https://christianchat.com/threads/this-side-of-the-glass.182929/post-4673175
https://christianchat.com/threads/this-side-of-the-glass.182929/post-4677070
**Invention of the ‘Rapture’ idea
Rapture-removal is not the historic teaching of the Church. One of the more astonishing facts in the history of eschatological thought, and one that most Christians are unaware of, is that the idea of “a secret pre-tribulation, Rapture removal from the earth of the Church” is a fairly recent theory in Church history. In theological circles, it’s a “Johnny come lately.” Even the historic creeds, conspicuously, don’t mention it. It was relatively unheard of and never taught until the early 19th century, and it didn’t become widespread until the 20th century. Since then, it has spread like wildfire. But the many failed predictions of its coming have made it an embarrassment.
The first known reference may have appeared in two obscure but contestable sentences from a 4th century A.D., 1500-word sermon written in Latin by someone called “Pseudo-Ephraem.” If so, this idea went essentially unknown and undeveloped for fourteen centuries. According to most researchers, the idea of a Rapture-removal from planet Earth before a “great tribulation” period began to surface in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Possible but only slight and vague mentions of it may have been published in the writings of a famous Calvinist theologian Dr. John Gill (1748), an early American Baptist pastor Morgan Edwards (1788), a Jesuit priest Emmanuel Lacunza (1812), and Edward Irving, who translated Lucunza’s book (1826).
Most scholars, however, agree that the secret Rapture theory was launched into prominence around 1830 by a group of people in Scotland who had become known as the Plymouth Brethren. Under the direction of John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) and others, they began to hold Prophetic Conferences. Supposedly, during one of those conferences, or from a sick bed during those conferences, a charismatic utterance came forth as a prophetic message from the Lord through a young, fifteen-year-old Scottish girl named Margaret Macdonald. While in a trance, she received a private vision and revelation that only a select group of believers would be removed from the earth before the days of the Antichrist. But she also saw other believers enduring the tribulation¾something most rapturists nowadays do not teach.
Soon thereafter, Darby coupled this highly questionable vision of a secret, pre-tribulation Rapture with another idea originated by the Jesuit priest, Francisco Ribera. In 1585 A.D., Ribera was the first to introduce the idea of interrupting Daniel’s 70-week, end-time prophecy and inserting a “gap” between the 69th and 70th weeks. This was done to deflect apocalyptic heat from the Reformers who were fueling reformation fervor by claiming the Pope was the Antichrist and the Catholic Church the beast of Revelation. Ribera surmised that the first 69 weeks (483 years) concluded at the baptism of Jesus in 27 A.D., but God had extended the 70th week into the future.
Therefore, the Pope and the Catholic Church could not be so accused. Darby grabbed hold of Ribera’s severance idea, connected his “Rapture” to the beginning of that final week, and changed that week from 7 years of covenantal confirmation to one of tribulation¾big difference! (Notably, the Bible never mentions a future 7-year period of tribulation.) He then introduced this now fully developed, pre-tribulation Rapture view (theory) in Europe and later in America. It was popularized in America by inclusion in the notes of the Scofield Reference Bible in 1917 and by elaborate End Time event charts published in Clarence Larkin’s Dispensational Truth in 1918.
Of course, the relative newness of the “Rapture” theory in Church history (180 some years ago) neither proves nor disproves its biblical correctness. But it certainly shouldn’t be blindly accepted nor excluded from being questioned and tested (1 Thess. 5:21). Ultimately, the truth can only be found in the Scriptures. But what began as a result of one woman’s private vision and charismatic utterance became widely taught, accepted as the truth, and popularized in the thinking of millions. It has become so deeply entrenched that many pastors and Christian leaders assume it is an essential teaching of Church history extending back to apostolic times. It is not. What’s more, it is not believed by the majority in the Church today, and with good reasons.
**( 'This content is for informational use and is not a substitute for ' spiritual' advice.
Be sure to do your own careful 'inventory' before taking action based on anything you find in this content."
Intended solely as informative and subjects to reflect on.' ) ®
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Rapture-removal is not the historic teaching of the Church. One of the more astonishing facts in the history of eschatological thought, and one that most Christians are unaware of, is that the idea of “a secret pre-tribulation, Rapture removal from the earth of the Church” is a fairly recent theory in Church history. In theological circles, it’s a “Johnny come lately.” Even the historic creeds, conspicuously, don’t mention it. It was relatively unheard of and never taught until the early 19th century, and it didn’t become widespread until the 20th century. Since then, it has spread like wildfire. But the many failed predictions of its coming have made it an embarrassment.
The first known reference may have appeared in two obscure but contestable sentences from a 4th century A.D., 1500-word sermon written in Latin by someone called “Pseudo-Ephraem.” If so, this idea went essentially unknown and undeveloped for fourteen centuries. According to most researchers, the idea of a Rapture-removal from planet Earth before a “great tribulation” period began to surface in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Possible but only slight and vague mentions of it may have been published in the writings of a famous Calvinist theologian Dr. John Gill (1748), an early American Baptist pastor Morgan Edwards (1788), a Jesuit priest Emmanuel Lacunza (1812), and Edward Irving, who translated Lucunza’s book (1826).
Most scholars, however, agree that the secret Rapture theory was launched into prominence around 1830 by a group of people in Scotland who had become known as the Plymouth Brethren. Under the direction of John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) and others, they began to hold Prophetic Conferences. Supposedly, during one of those conferences, or from a sick bed during those conferences, a charismatic utterance came forth as a prophetic message from the Lord through a young, fifteen-year-old Scottish girl named Margaret Macdonald. While in a trance, she received a private vision and revelation that only a select group of believers would be removed from the earth before the days of the Antichrist. But she also saw other believers enduring the tribulation¾something most rapturists nowadays do not teach.
Soon thereafter, Darby coupled this highly questionable vision of a secret, pre-tribulation Rapture with another idea originated by the Jesuit priest, Francisco Ribera. In 1585 A.D., Ribera was the first to introduce the idea of interrupting Daniel’s 70-week, end-time prophecy and inserting a “gap” between the 69th and 70th weeks. This was done to deflect apocalyptic heat from the Reformers who were fueling reformation fervor by claiming the Pope was the Antichrist and the Catholic Church the beast of Revelation. Ribera surmised that the first 69 weeks (483 years) concluded at the baptism of Jesus in 27 A.D., but God had extended the 70th week into the future.
Therefore, the Pope and the Catholic Church could not be so accused. Darby grabbed hold of Ribera’s severance idea, connected his “Rapture” to the beginning of that final week, and changed that week from 7 years of covenantal confirmation to one of tribulation¾big difference! (Notably, the Bible never mentions a future 7-year period of tribulation.) He then introduced this now fully developed, pre-tribulation Rapture view (theory) in Europe and later in America. It was popularized in America by inclusion in the notes of the Scofield Reference Bible in 1917 and by elaborate End Time event charts published in Clarence Larkin’s Dispensational Truth in 1918.
Of course, the relative newness of the “Rapture” theory in Church history (180 some years ago) neither proves nor disproves its biblical correctness. But it certainly shouldn’t be blindly accepted nor excluded from being questioned and tested (1 Thess. 5:21). Ultimately, the truth can only be found in the Scriptures. But what began as a result of one woman’s private vision and charismatic utterance became widely taught, accepted as the truth, and popularized in the thinking of millions. It has become so deeply entrenched that many pastors and Christian leaders assume it is an essential teaching of Church history extending back to apostolic times. It is not. What’s more, it is not believed by the majority in the Church today, and with good reasons.
**( 'This content is for informational use and is not a substitute for ' spiritual' advice.
Be sure to do your own careful 'inventory' before taking action based on anything you find in this content."
Intended solely as informative and subjects to reflect on.' ) ®
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'To be clear.' Many appear unclear as to the truth of it all.
The Bible was written by human authors, but the Bible says that "God's Spirit" inspired the words.
Humans inspired by God did. There is a BIG DIFFERENCE in this in how to interpret the Bible.
God did NOT write one single word of the Bible.
Explanation;
The Spirit of God
The Bible says that the written word is "written not with ink but with the "Spirit of the living God". This means that God's word is communicated through human authors.
The new covenant
The contrast between ink and the Spirit highlights the superiority of the new covenant over the old. The new covenant is internal and transformative.
Divine inspiration
The prophet Jeremiah spoke of inspiration as a compulsion to write God's message.
Human authors
Not every book of the Bible specifies who wrote it. For example, the author of the Book of Hebrews is unknown.
The Bible shows God speaking through human beings constantly. The words of human authors are the way
God's divine word is communicated.
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Be sure to do your own careful 'inventory' before taking action based on anything you find in this content."
Intended solely as informative and subjects to reflect on.' ) ®
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** (Intended solely as informative and subjects to reflect on.
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The Bible was written by human authors, but the Bible says that "God's Spirit" inspired the words.
Humans inspired by God did. There is a BIG DIFFERENCE in this in how to interpret the Bible.
God did NOT write one single word of the Bible.
Explanation;
The Spirit of God
The Bible says that the written word is "written not with ink but with the "Spirit of the living God". This means that God's word is communicated through human authors.
The new covenant
The contrast between ink and the Spirit highlights the superiority of the new covenant over the old. The new covenant is internal and transformative.
Divine inspiration
The prophet Jeremiah spoke of inspiration as a compulsion to write God's message.
Human authors
Not every book of the Bible specifies who wrote it. For example, the author of the Book of Hebrews is unknown.
The Bible shows God speaking through human beings constantly. The words of human authors are the way
God's divine word is communicated.
**( 'This content is for informational use and is not a substitute for ' spiritual' advice.
Be sure to do your own careful 'inventory' before taking action based on anything you find in this content."
Intended solely as informative and subjects to reflect on.' ) ®
**(This Content is World Wide Internet technology infusioned data) ®
** (Intended solely as informative and subjects to reflect on.
Spiritual maturity and growth depend on the measure of one's intent. ) ®
**Extensive reading and analyzing the Bible, even in depth, does not automatically translate to applying its teachings
and principles in one's daily life; you can have extensive knowledge of the Bible without actually incorporating its
values into your actions and behavior, making "living it" a separate and crucial step beyond just studying it.
James 1:22-25:
This verse from the Bible emphasizes the importance of being "doers of the word" and not just hearers,
signifying that true faith requires action based on what you learn.
Studying the Bible can be a passive activity if it doesn't lead to reflection and application in your life.
Transformation through Practice:
It's through consistent effort to live according to the Bible's teachings that real transformation can occur.
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**Dissociative identity disorder (DID),
Previously known as multiple personality disorder,
is a complex psychological condition caused by many things. These include severe trauma
during early childhood (usually extreme, repetitive physical, sexual, or emotional abuse).
'This condition may be prevailing within a community that often out of respect,
puts it aside as perhaps a person who has changing moods to coincide with the subject matter at hand.
Attempting to "fit in" with a specific group, the mind may become altered to fit the mood.
Devious minds are likely to be unaware of changes in language characteristic behavior.
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public domain sources.' Intended solely as informative
and subject to reflect on.)
'Salvation is purposed by the Father, accomplished by the Son, and applied by the Holy Spirit. Without the Spirit’s agency in salvation, all that Christ has accomplished brings no value to us. As Scripture uniformly presents, the Spirit graciously, effectively, and permanently gives us Christ Jesus and every blessing he has secured. Our salvation is in Christ alone. Our salvation is by His Spirit alone.
'The Spirit's agency in salvation involves the Holy Spirit's active role in applying Christ's redemptive work to individuals, including regeneration, conviction, illumination, and empowerment, ultimately leading to a transformed life and union with Christ...
“Remember that no one can attain salvation through his deeds. Salvation is attained purely through God’s grace.
The God in whom we believe is merciful and benevolent… Salvation is not something specific for the Hereafter.
True salvation begins in this very life. It is the light that descends upon the soul and helps us tread the path of
truth and wisdom so man is led to God…”
'Alienation from God can manifest as a feeling of loneliness, despair, or a lack of purpose, leading some
to feel disconnected from their spiritual source.
'It can also be associated with a sense of spiritual emptiness, a lack of comfort or hope, and an inability to find
meaning in life.
'Spiritual alienation, as evidenced by expressions of loneliness or the feeling that God seems very far away
and remote from one's everyday life, verbalization that one has to depend upon oneself in times of trial or need,
and/or a negative attitude toward receiving any comfort or help from God.'
'I believe this condition is surely aggregated when attempting to outsource the inspired wisdom of God.
Lessons with instructions throughout the Divine "readings" are evidence of wisdom beyond the natural man-mind.
Worldly delusional 'thinking" are false beliefs that are not based on reality. They can be a symptom of psychosis
and can be confusing and scary, yet many appear not in control of their "mental facilities."
'Spiritual reformation is a return to 'biblical principles' and a commitment to actively live and conduct
one's life according to God's will. Vacant of this truth surely being witnessed by those who are caught up
in "worldly teachings" being outside the Spiritual realm of God's nature.'
