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Post by Scottish Lassie on Apr 1, 2015 11:07:35 GMT
"Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven". Matthew 18:3 I think what is meant by these words is: that childlen tend to say it as it is, in other words they are honest Whereas an adult can be double tongued and conniving.
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Post by toetapping on Apr 2, 2015 0:04:50 GMT
For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength. —1 Corinthians 1:25
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Post by Scottish Lassie on Apr 2, 2015 2:45:27 GMT
For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength. —1 Corinthians 1:25 I go along with that Toetapping, the fact that people are still being killed by their fellow men is proof that the human race is still pretty primitive in their behaviour.
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Post by Scottish Lassie on Apr 2, 2015 2:56:38 GMT
After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, "I tell you the truth, one of you is going to betray me." —John 13:21 Jesus ofcourse used the gift of intuition. We have all been given gifts, but some tend to ignore them, others make the most of them as Jesus evidently did.
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Post by toetapping on Apr 2, 2015 22:39:22 GMT
Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. —John 18:2
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Post by Scottish Lassie on Apr 3, 2015 0:41:06 GMT
Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. —John 18:2 Hi Toetapping, that betrayal resulted in Jesus being captured by the Romans and taken before Pilate to be tried and convicted, then crucified. God had a reason for allowing that to happen as we all very well know.
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Post by toetapping on Apr 3, 2015 21:26:43 GMT
Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jews. With Pilate's permission, he came and took the body away. He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. —John 19:38-39
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Post by Scottish Lassie on Apr 3, 2015 21:47:46 GMT
Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jews. With Pilate's permission, he came and took the body away. He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. —John 19:38-39 Hi Toetapping, I was a Christian for many years so I do know the texts, but it is nice to be reminded. I see life a bit different now as I am no longer a Christian but a member of ECKANKAR, the religion of Light and Sound. Jesus told the man on the cross that he would be with him in heaven, which I see as being a dimension. Even St Paul mentions a third heaven, so there must be at least three dimensions, what do you think?
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Post by Scottish Lassie on Apr 3, 2015 21:55:40 GMT
Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jews. With Pilate's permission, he came and took the body away. He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. —John 19:38-39 Hi Toetapping, I was a Christian for many years so I do know the texts, but it is nice to be reminded. I see life a bit different now as I am no longer a Christian but a member of ECKANKAR, the religion of Light and Sound. Jesus told the man on the cross that he would be with him in paradise, which I see as being a dimension. Even St Paul mentions a third heaven, so there must be at least three dimensions, what do you think?
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Post by toetapping on Apr 4, 2015 19:56:21 GMT
I think there may be. The sky or atmosphere is the first heaven, and outer-space is the second heaven and the third heaven is where believers go when they die. This is just my opinion and I have a rule I never get into any heavy discussions about religion as I believe everyone is entitled to their opinion on any topic.
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. —John 20:19
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Post by toetapping on Apr 6, 2015 1:20:32 GMT
I call to God, and the LORD saves me. Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice. —Psalm 55:16-17
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Post by toetapping on Apr 6, 2015 22:29:34 GMT
Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul. —1 Peter 2:11
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Post by toetapping on Apr 7, 2015 22:13:58 GMT
Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. —Amos 5:14
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Post by Scottish Lassie on Apr 8, 2015 0:32:26 GMT
Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. —Amos 5:14 He is with me for sure!!!
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Post by toetapping on Apr 8, 2015 22:16:03 GMT
O LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief. —Psalm 143:1
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Post by toetapping on Apr 10, 2015 0:25:31 GMT
The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets. —Psalm 50:1
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Apr 14, 2015 19:50:43 GMT
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Post by toetapping on Apr 14, 2015 20:53:29 GMT
Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." —James 4:14-15
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Post by toetapping on Apr 15, 2015 21:57:02 GMT
Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. —Romans 13:7
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Post by Scottish Lassie on Apr 16, 2015 4:41:53 GMT
Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. —Romans 13:7 Definitely true toetapping as it stands, but I see things a little differently. How do you treat a person who has committed an offence? I would tend to treat that person also in a respectful manner. Because the way a person behaves reflects the person that they are. Because someone has behaved badly, to reciprocate by also treating that person badly, puts you in the same category, so really you are not much better as a person. What do you think?
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