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Jun 24 08 7:33 PM
Shain1611 wrote: There are some who believe that God still speaks directly to them today as He did in the first century as the New Testament was being written. Did we know anything about grace before our Lord Jesus came into the World? But today in the scriptures, we are assured that we have the complete will of God for man today. How do we know this? The Apostles were promised that the Holy Spirit would be given to " guide them into all truth." ( John 16:13) Now unless the Holy Spirit, God Almighty and Jesus Christ lied, we have all the truth and we had it back in the first century.Paul tells us in II Timothy 3:16, 17, "all scripture was given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, completely furnished unto all good works." If we are completely furnished than why do others seek more? Jude 1:3 tells us the "faith" was once for all delivered unto the saints. What else do we need? We have it all in what we find in God's Holy Word, the scriptures.
There are some who believe that God still speaks directly to them today as He did in the first century as the New Testament was being written. Did we know anything about grace before our Lord Jesus came into the World? But today in the scriptures, we are assured that we have the complete will of God for man today. How do we know this? The Apostles were promised that the Holy Spirit would be given to " guide them into all truth." ( John 16:13) Now unless the Holy Spirit, God Almighty and Jesus Christ lied, we have all the truth and we had it back in the first century.
Pro 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Pro 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
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Jun 24 08 7:55 PM
you mean to tell me.... that when you ''first'' got saved, .. .that you ''knew the 'whole truth'? right then,?,
why did you change churches?
why did you change the way you got in touch with God' the whoe truth is right there in the book ...... but how very many ,,,,have ever found the ''whole truth'',,, jesus said ''the spirit will lead us into all knowledge, all things,,, it is a life time commitment and a whole lifetime of living to learn it,
we had a young man named nathan he told this on himself , he said when God called him ot preach, he was shocked, he sure was sinful enough before and he studied and worked and studied and then was ordained at our church,,,
he was talking wiht me ten years after that and he laughed , and said ''jenny i remember you telling me..... i was gonna be a preacher ,'' he grinned like a little boy, "and you were right '',,you ''remember when i was ordained '',i said ''yes , i was there and loved the service.'' , he said ''i thought to myself ''WONDER what will i preach about ? when i get through with teaching this 'whole bible.'' he laughed out loud then .....i asked him ,''well did you get through yet?" ,he just laughed again,'' why Jenny ,,,,i could preach for five million years and only scratch the surface of ;what the Holy Bible holds,,, such a great truths he had discovered,,, he is now looking into going into the prison near here and preach and try to be their minister,,if i can speak a word for him i surely will,...to get the job ,,,,because hehas been in both places.......... in heaven and also in hell ..... 'he has been the worst and the best,,,,,you know what made him come to his senses..... he come off of a weeks drunk and woke up inside of a church house here..where. he had fallen asleep on the altar....
it is just like with swimming lessons... some never get out of the wading pool some never swim in GOD'S great sea of love....just like some children .....even my sweet johnny ask me ''if God would let him fish in the river of life, ( what do you think i told him.?'') i could sit right there and look out and smile because i could see johnny and jesus fishing ,,sitting there on the river bank and them both turn around and grin at me as i walked on by.....
john was at the bottom of the ladder ''all of his life'' but he stayed filled with love and faith,for God and all others...
Yes there are some who thirst for the wisdom of God, they never stop they search it out,,,some people can get down right excited finding little things of the lord ''here a little and there a little''...why to me . it is like unpeeling a head of cabbage,,....... one leaf at a time............ you know if a pool of water ''sits still'' long enough and there is no life in it no fish ot keep it stirred, it mosses over andsmothers to death,and the water becomes stagnate....and cannot hold life of any kind,or being a human., they become senile..and hateful, because they are afraid to venture, out of his or her safety zone. fraid of stepping on a toe,,.or offending God in some way., God sees the intentions of our hearts......
so if your faith is little or BIG ,, and it satisfies you ,,, sit still,,if not ''Knock and he will let you in,'' ,,''seek until he lets you find what you want'' just ask the Lord and he will give you your desires.'' it is there waiting for you,.,,,his word is life itself....to you..and to me... . if you never go out of this world.,into the vast unknown and you sit being satisfied in who or what you are..you have your hearts desire,,, ahhhh yes child .,......
''we all ,grow ''too soon'' too old, ''too late'' we tend to grow 'smart.'..
Jun 24 08 7:59 PM
A SAVIORS'CALL BY JENNY WREN " COME, All Ye, who are weary Come ,Lay Ye down to rest Cast upon Me your every care, Come Child, be My guest I'll turn away all the darkness, I'll let the ''sun shine'' in I'll share your many burdens I 'free' the heart of sin." Satan's been very busy in all the lying deeds he can Just because He now knows Jesus frees the heart of man This man is tired of hurting. as he wallowed in his sin He has a 'tender yearning' that wells-up deep within There's a void deep inside, it is longing to be filled Made in the shape of Jesus, suddenly, starts to yield Old Satan's in a hurry now, knowing he's going to lose stumbling-blocks erected for His "RIGHT-ARM to choose This sinner, He chooses Jesus There falling on his knees Satan starts his screaming "NOT HIM, LORD..PLEASE.! , He's one of my best workers, with him I'm not through.." "HE'S MINE, " Says Jesus "He's ONE reason I defeated you." Satan slinks back slowly snarling ,as he crawled away, A Child-of-God now cries "HALLALAUH, I have found THE WAY." Lord, I thank you Lord Jesus I almost drowned in my sin.!, LORD, let me npw work for you, Show me where to begin .." Later this new Child-of-God, who HAD worked very hard to do the will of Satan, said " YOU! Devil, be on guard.!" I know your many actions I know just "WHAT" you DO You'll not take my children, devil, remember I-OWE-YOU.!" "I'll expose you old devil, I will tell them like it is. I'll show the prisoner, ''JESUS'', then help them to be his OH, What a mighty work my precious Savior did for me. He died the same for everyone, I wi11 help my friends to see.." Nathan sows 'seeds' a-plenty His harvest could be great While He lifts Jesus Higher, Let's "ALL of us celebrate, soon His friends shall follow, Nathan to the alter there God has called Nate to preach,old Satan YOU--BEWARE.!! ================================= Copyright 2003 jennywren (UN: jw52130 at Writing.Com). All rights reserved.
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I ask you as I have ask many, what is TRUTH? Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour and that's what I knew when I was saved. That's what I call truth. Did i have the full knowledge of God's Will in my life , No. But the very second I was saved I have the FULL TRUTH. What else is there. Did I need to see a dead man rise from the dead? Did I need to see a blind women see or a cripple walk? No, because I believed Jesus Christ is the Son of God and my Personal Saviour. Do I need to know anything else to saved? So what is TRUTH to you?
Jun 25 08 1:03 PM
We are on a roll today and big Amen to you... When I was first saved I was saved in a Charismatic Church. This was that Sunday I went to Church with my wife. So picture this, I'm still Catholic at the time and still way out there and into the world. So what happens, I wind up in a Church that speaks in tongues and all this craziness going on. The fellow next to me is going nuts , speaking like a nut case but yet I was clued t5o the floor and God wasn't letting me go anywhere. Well at the end the Preacher gave to invitation and before you know it I up front confessing my sins and asking Jesus Christ to come into my heart. The following week I was baptized and about three weeks later we started looking for another Church and than God moved me to Alabama. We found a Huge Baptist Church down there and He moved us to Arkansas, Monastery Subiaco, we went to a few Churches there and i joined a men's Bible study at another Church. Than God moved us to Pensacola Florida were we stayed almost 17 years. This is where I got my Bible education and solid Biblical grounding.
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Shain1611 wrote: That was two years ago and that's what happens when you put all your trust in the Lord. At no time did I ever worry about a thing, I just knew God was going to take care of us. And I might add that during all this time we never cut our donation to a Jewish foundation my wife has been giving to for years.
WOW! What an awesome testimony! To have that kind of faith in the midst of such turmoil has always been my fervent wish and my goal and I freely confess it's still a struggle for me at times. Thanks for posting this, for the benefit of those, like me, struggling with this.
Jun 25 08 3:41 PM
Pro 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Hey Cym...you need some extra prayers?
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Cym98 wrote: Shain1611 wrote: That was two years ago and that's what happens when you put all your trust in the Lord. At no time did I ever worry about a thing, I just knew God was going to take care of us. And I might add that during all this time we never cut our donation to a Jewish foundation my wife has been giving to for years. WOW! What an awesome testimony! To have that kind of faith in the midst of such turmoil has always been my fervent wish and my goal and I freely confess it's still a struggle for me at times. Thanks for posting this, for the benefit of those, like me, struggling with this.
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