Do you ever say anything that is not 100% true? Do you ever behave
selfishly? Do you ever do or say things which show favour to one person
over another?
If the answer to these examples is even yes, 1%, and you are likely to do this even in thought, then ...
And if it is true that if you break even one of God,s laws you break the all, then ...
It
is impossible to do or say anything to fix this situation. You could
spend the rest of your life doing this or doing that to improve your
behaviour, but it would still be but filthy...
29 Dec 2013
This was shared with Matt McGaw and inspired him to come to Canberra, Australia.
"The church in Canberra is in need of genuine fellowship"
However, his report is that after speaking with two or three local churches he gave up and decided to develop his own congregation.
Why? Because those he spoke with did not want to take up the revelation
What happened when others who did support him approached him? He told them he was not interested...
9 Nov 2013
We
are taught in some places that as followers of Christ we need to bring
our tithes and offerings into the storehouse, where the storehouse today
is the local church or congregation. Why? By paying your tithes and
offerings we are taught that we will personally receive blessings and
provisions, eve rebuke Satan. Some even teach that not doing this will
cause the person who holds back to be cursed.
This teaching comes...
7 Nov 2013
I
have heard it taught that when two or three people gather together in
the name of Jesus, he will be also present (Matthew 18:20). This has
come to my ears in three ways:
Jesus has asked all who have
faith in him to gather and when we do he will turn up. This is why we
gather for Sunday church services
Jesus says he will be present
even if there are two people of faith gathered together for his
purposes. This means we can...
6 Nov 2013
Remember
Paul? Remember when he traveled to Jerusalem to see Peter and co? How
long had he been serving God without them even knowing Paul? 14 years!
14 years of mission without contact with a local church, a HQ, etc. One
moment having Christians killed, the next WHAM serving God amongst a mob
who no one else had time for. A mob who knew nothing of how to be a
traditional Jew. Totally uncircumcised!
Next thing Peter toddles
up to see Paul in his stomping ground. Peter hangs out with the
Galatian locals and...
4 Nov 2013
Today
I was discussing with a friend something read in Ephesians 4 earlier in
the week. Basically, I can sometimes skip over the parts of scripture
which refer to other parts of the Bible. For example occasionally in the
New Testament, Paul or another writer, will refer to a scripture from
the Old Testament.
My assumption has been that this does not need
reading because the writer is simply repeating something he will explain
elsewhere in...
5 May 2013
If
it is possible for some to consider some days more holy than others,
while other people may consider every day as equally holy ... how will
this apply to sundays? To recognised church services?
In the
former situation, there is not much more to say. If one day is more
important than another then certain things can only occur on that day.
They do not happen on others. If it is argued that they can occur on
other...
30 Apr 2013
How do poor people see themselves?
When
poor people are thought we tend to see them in terms of how they lack
material things (e.g. food, money, clean water, housing). However, when
a person who is poor is asked how they see themselves most will admit
that yes they do lack these things, but more important is their feelings
of shame, inferiority, powerlessness, humiliation, hopelessness,
depression, social isolation, voicelessness, etc.
Solutions?...
Incarnation: The making of something physical, real, able to be touched and interacted.
Surely
it is easier for God to remain in the heavens to do and say things?
The Old Testament is full of these kinds of examples.
So why did
God make an appearance on earth as Jesus? Jesus, the bible shares was a
human being just like anyone of us. If the bible says God wanted to
'save us' to reconcile our relationship with him, why couldn't...
21 Apr 2013
Question 1
May
we work on Sundays and do any activity we want? Or, are Sundays sacred
where working is to be avoided and our activities are limited to only certain things?
And, if we believe a Sunday is sacred, may we justify this by stating it as God's will?
Didn't
God rest on the last, on the seventh day of creation? Hasn't he also
asked his people do do likewise, take a day of rest from work every week
(see the 10 commandments)?
But the...
3 Mar 2013
If
there is no longer male or female ... (Gal 3:24-29)... why are men and
women separated into different capacities (e.g. ministry, leadership,
mission, teaching, etc)
Let me put it another way. The law was
our guardian until Christ came; it protected us until we could be made
right with God through faith. And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian. For
you are all children of God through...
17 Feb 2013
What does it mean to mature to be like Christ?
When Biblical studies are made about maturing, they often focus on the individual. Me. You.
However,
if Christ is and was one with the Father, then maturing to be like
Christ means maturing in ways that are more than the individual. Could
this be something to do with relationships?
with the Father (Mt 22:37)
with other people (Mt 22:39)
The entire law and...
Is
it really possible to change or is the way you are set? In other
words, is the reason you behave the way you do a result of some kind of
"hard-wiring" or is it possible to change? Indeed, does God design
people to be a certain way? If he did, does this mean you are
"programmed" to act in certain ways?
And yet the Bible states
Jesus came so we could be set free of our sins and therefore choose to
live in ways that God asks of...
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