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Post by John on May 15, 2020 10:18:49 GMT -5
I want to give you something else I believe the Lord just revealed to me. We can also get consumed with spending all of our time trying to prepare to survive the great tribulation, or if you are a believer in the pre-tribulation rapture, preparing to survive the things leading up to the tribulation, that you let that be an idol. Be led of God in what you do, how you do it, and where you go. Do not just make plans of your own, and spend all your time with them. Make sure it is really God speaking, because he can keep you safe in the heart of a place like New York City if he has a reason to plant you there. Just be where God wants you to be.
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Post by joseph on May 15, 2020 10:23:06 GMT -5
See the first two posts of this thread again, I think -
no one who is ALIVE IN CHRIST, ABIDING IN HIS WORD, will be trying or seeking "to survive" these days, or the tribulation, or the anything per se -
we in Christ are merely His Sheep, Following Him, not worried about anything....
We Hear His Voice, and Follow Him, and will not listen to another - we did not hear any voice saying "be afraid" of the virus, nor any such thing ! ! ! For that voice would not be in Jesus, nor from Jesus, nor from the Father in heaven .
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Post by John on May 15, 2020 10:33:11 GMT -5
See the first two posts of this thread again, I think - no one who is ALIVE IN CHRIST, ABIDING IN HIS WORD, will be trying or seeking "to survive" these days, or the tribulation, or the anything per se - we in Christ are merely His Sheep, Following Him, not worried about anything.... We Hear His Voice, and Follow Him, and will not listen to another - we did not hear any voice saying "be afraid" of the virus, nor any such thing ! ! ! For that voice would not be in Jesus, nor from Jesus, nor from the Father in heaven . The Lord could be leading you to a place of safety, like he did with the prophet Elijah, but unless it is God saying to do something, I agree 100 percent. Do not be stupid, and not paying attention, but do not go around in fear, making surviving your main concern.
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Post by Apostle's Instructions on May 15, 2020 10:59:29 GMT -5
IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Colossians 3:1-3
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Post by solid on May 15, 2020 11:26:31 GMT -5
You've given me a lot to think about. Hard preaching, but true.
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Post by frienduff on May 15, 2020 12:55:18 GMT -5
The beauty of it , the key too it , IS , IF JESUS IS the apple of our eye , THEN THAT is where our heart will be . all else grows dim , dead , empty , nothing . LIVING FOR CHRIST with all the heart , or its not the heart at all . LET is sink in . absorb it and love it . LET each man live , as even paul said , as though he had no wife . AKA PUT JESUS ABOVE EVERYTHING , LET HIS WORDS be our hope , let them be cherished upon the heart . IF THEY are , everything else falls into place . THE KEY is , whatever honors GOD , LOVE IT . Feast , let a feast a massive banguet of upmost beauty upon all the words of GOD be feasted on . IF any lacks , all they need to do , iS PRAY TOGOD . GOD will not turn away a prayer from a heart that seeks to HONOR HIM .
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Post by frienduff on May 15, 2020 12:59:58 GMT -5
See the first two posts of this thread again, I think - no one who is ALIVE IN CHRIST, ABIDING IN HIS WORD, will be trying or seeking "to survive" these days, or the tribulation, or the anything per se - we in Christ are merely His Sheep, Following Him, not worried about anything.... We Hear His Voice, and Follow Him, and will not listen to another - we did not hear any voice saying "be afraid" of the virus, nor any such thing ! ! ! For that voice would not be in Jesus, nor from Jesus, nor from the Father in heaven . The Lord could be leading you to a place of safety, like he did with the prophet Elijah, but unless it is God saying to do something, I agree 100 percent. Do not be stupid, and not paying attention, but do not go around in fear, making surviving your main concern.
I think we need to look at what paul said . This really hits home my friends . If we go to the book of acts , you will notice that paul himself was warned by the spirit and other men warned him and so did agabus . The SPIRIT specifically TOLD paul and them , that in jersualem He would be bound for the name of JESUS . AND what was pauls response . WHY do ye weep and mean to break my heart FOR NOT only am i ready to be BOUND FOR JESUS , BUT TO DIE FOR HIM . and after that they stopped trying to persaude paul , and simply said the WILL OF GOD BE DONE . PAUL KNEW what the will of GOD was . PAUL KNEW he would have to go to jersualem and preach JESUS and that he would be bound for it . AND HE EMBRACED IT , LIKE a starved lamb his own mothers teet . TALK ABOUT having a MIND FOR GOD . WE MUST get to this place and fast , cause we got one nasty delusoin upon us and our betrayal WILL COME . MANY OF US GONNA DIE in the coming days . MANY of us going to be cast out of society . BUT LET IT BE SAID , TO LIVE IS CHRIST TO DIE IS GAIN .
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Post by ohhello on May 15, 2020 13:12:28 GMT -5
Oh let us keep fixing our eyes on our LORD JESUS. Oh what a marvellous future we have with our KING. Our LORD and SAVIOUR CHRIST JESUS.
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Post by ohhello on May 15, 2020 13:16:24 GMT -5
These days are like a speck of mist compared to being with JESUS in eternity. This here will soon be gone. We are all speeding through life and it will be over before we know it. We are not guaranteed tomorrow.
So, let’s keep our eyes on eternity and our prize. Eternal life with our LORD JESUS CHRIST.
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Post by frienduff on May 15, 2020 13:27:05 GMT -5
These days are like a speck of mist compared to being with JESUS in eternity. This here will soon be gone. We are all speeding through life and it will be over before we know it. We are not guaranteed tomorrow. So, let’s keep our eyes on eternity and our prize. Eternal life with our LORD JESUS CHRIST. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT DEAR SISTER . Now , FORWARD MARCH .
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Post by frienduff on May 15, 2020 13:28:58 GMT -5
Oh let us keep fixing our eyes on our LORD JESUS. Oh what a marvellous future we have with our KING. Our LORD and SAVIOUR CHRIST JESUS. INDEED IT WILL BE . for now , FORWARD MARCH to the trenches , it is BATTLE TIME . let the praises be sounded and all sound doctrine sounded and loved . The lambs of the KING shall rejoice in HIM through it all and THEN on HIS day , FOREVER FREE WITH HIM . OH its a beauty . FORWARD MARCH , STRAPPING ON ALL THE ARMOUR OF GOD , for francis and those of him , will wage and rage war against the true lambs .
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Post by Giller on May 15, 2020 15:42:47 GMT -5
Pro 25:25 (25) As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Now as we have been discussing, anything can become an idol, but things in and of themselves are not wrong.
Now the word news appears in the bible, and in and of itself it has a neutral meaning.
Here is the Hebrew meaning of the word news here:
(Strong's concordance)
(H8052 שְׁמוּעָה shemû‛âh shem-oo-aw'
Feminine passive participle of H8074; something heard, that is, an announcement: - bruit, doctrine, fame, mentioned, news, report, rumor, tidings. Total KJV occurrences: 27)
News can be a report, an announcement, a doctrine, or tidings etc.
And it can come from a neighbor, from a news cast, from a reporter, from a president, from a brother in the Lord, from an angel, and the list goes on.
Now can news in and of itself become an idol, well yes anything can, but in and of itself, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it, let us not demonize words, let us just be careful to what we heed to.
And in the bible we have all kinds of examples of how God handled things.
We even have an example of a spreadable disease called leprosy, and it may have been different than covid, but the ones quarantined were the ones who had it, but the healthy were with business as usual, and it is not that precautions do not have to be taken, but remember that God provides all the needs, and the way things are done, does not fit with the way God does things, the answer in one way or another is always found in the bible.
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Post by Giller on May 15, 2020 15:54:43 GMT -5
One thing that has to be heeded to in a huge way is this next scripture:
Jer 10:2 (2) Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
We need to learn this well.
No preconceived defenses, just receiving its message.
And another scripture to reflect on is this one:
Exo 23:13 (13) And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
Now there is a specific way that it is saying this, but I will let people reflect on this.
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Post by Giller on May 15, 2020 15:56:01 GMT -5
We have to stop approaching the word with our own pre defense mechanism, and have to receive it for what it is saying, and then let that become our defense.
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Post by frienduff on May 16, 2020 8:06:33 GMT -5
We have to stop approaching the word with our own pre defense mechanism, and have to receive it for what it is saying, and then let that become our defense. There are two approaches to how we view the Word . Many , who by carnal minds , will have a mindset which will alter the word to suit an idea in their own head . They change the meaning to suit their own minds thought and how it sees things . Then there are lil lambs , who see the word , and allow the SPIRIT by the word to transform their thinking into the TRUTH of the word . We must never change the word , Let the WORD change us .
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