MuttleyLaff: "For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, (i.e. the dead know nothing) neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten." - Ecclesiastes 9:5
I love your tenacity, your perseverance, you have a fighting spirit. Where are you based? If I cant personally deliver the won prize, then I'll like to alternatively get it over to you
You must admit, I edged you towards the answer with my reply, that you were close to getting the answer but you quickly went off track. Yes, Adam the dead man walking, lost everything at the expense of gaining nothing and knowing nothing.
I am really pleased, it is you who got the answer and won the prize. Well done, my dear sir.
Wow! Thanks dear The truth is the answer has been right there ,but because of distraction or lack of proper concentration we almost miss it. It brings us back to ourselves. WHAT HAVE WE GAINED WITH ALL THE WORLDS KNOWLEDGE AND SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS? Ans.is Nothing. Ecc1:2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?....... Vanity my dear. So what's the prize? Lol
MuttleyLaff: No, I never started playing around, you were close to getting the answer but you quickly went off track. If you manage to get the answer, I doubt you'll have a bible verse to hand out to support your answer, but it doesnt mean you wont win the prize giving the answer without a supporting bible verse
MuttleyLaff: He thought he'll get independence, but never in the real sense of independence, did he get independence. For a moment there, I thought you got the answer. Phew!
MuttleyLaff: Aside from the promised and/or guaranteed death, what other main thing, in one word and preferrably supported with a scriptural verse, really did Adam gain or get, from eating of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil?
Aside from the reportedly gained morality, what other main thing, in one word and preferrably supported with a scriptural verse, really did Adam gain or get, from eating of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil?
For What Profits A Man If He Gains The Whole World But Loses His Own soul.Matt16:28. In one word 'independence '
MuttleyLaff: We know about all that you've put forward ichuka, but the question is, aside from the promised and/or guaranteed death, what other main thing, in one word and preferrably supported with a scriptural verse, really did Adam gain or get, from eating of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil?
There's a big difference between Sin and sins sins is the act,while Sin is our nature. We are born with sinful nature. If we commit any sinful act it's called sins. But Sin it's self is who we are by nature of birth. Transgression=sins Iniquity=Sin
MuttleyLaff: Aside from the promised and/or guaranteed death, what other main thing, in one word, really did Adam gain or get from eating of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil?
Please support replies with scriptural support, if able to.
He gained the trust of his wife eve!lol. He knew exactly the implication of what he did. He knew the fruit was poison that will result to death,but because of his wife,his love and role model ask him to eat it,he did out of love.
Toro2015: Thanks man... I rarely go to church.. I will change that now..
Earlier the better bro In Genesis Joseph gave pharaoh the interpretation of his dreams Sick cows swallowing fat ones,if not for Joseph who is spiritually fat too,the country would have been in serious crises then. Same with Job physically he was a great man but spiritually he has nothing to write home about,when crises struck he was reduced to his actual size spiritually. But with time his spiritual life began to grow. Just study his book by His Grace u will understand. Bro we must equate it. Better still make the spiritual more active and stronger then the physical. Just like in the case of Noah,when God wanted to destroy the whole world but because Noah was spiritually inclined God have to save him and his family. So the Grace that covers you might be that of a member of your family for now. Work out yours the soonest.
Your spiritual life is not proportional to your physical life. You need to equate both by serious study of the bible and prayers. When the season of dryness/trails comes you might have serious issues. Those fat cows can never subtain you then. Build up your spiritual life simple.
OLAADEGBU: The prophet did not speak in public but how did the whole world learn about it?
Haba bro How did the whole world knew God created/recreated the world in six day? Did God publicly announce how he did it? Or wasn't it given to Moses privately? Bro I re affirm my take that what she did publicly was equally wrong.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. @OP God created them both in the begining. The female was already created in the male.
OLAADEGBU: Let's see it through the eyes of the scriptures:
Bro worldly/public display of our sins by a brethren is primary wrong. Remember in the garden the tree of good and evil results to death.Discernment of right and wrong is always with Him and not us. Expect been lead by His Spirit.
A statement of this kind, normally splits the Church into two parts: one part believes it's blasphemous to say ‘one saved is forever saved’: to them, you have to be doing something to keep servicing your salvation otherwise you will loose it. While the other group believes that the gospel teaches ‘one saved is forever saved’. In other words, all you need to do is to accept Jesus as your saviour and your salvation is consummated and settled.
You may be waiting to know which group I belong to but the fact is that I am not trying to take side but to teach what the bible has already taught.
The Apostles have extensively dealt with this issue but I will try to elaborate on it a bit.
Romans 8:29-31 [29]For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. [30]Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. [31]What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Obviously, Apostle Paul is saying that those who are born again were actually foreknown and predestined by God the Father to enjoy salvation before they were created and born into this world. In essence, salvation is totally free without human contribution at all; all that is needed is to receive it and keep it by accepting Jesus as your saviour and remain in him as your saviour.
What happens when I do what people call ‘sin', will that not nullify my salvation?
That is actually the problem and the reason I am writing this. The truth is that sin does not nullify salvation(I am not asking you to ‘sin'; after all, if you are a Christian you can't ‘sin',
KJV 1 John 3:9 [9]Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.)
There are reasons why you shouldn't do what people call sin--it is just for conscience sake, not so that God wouldn't be mad at you. You see, God can't be mad at you for anything because of your salvation in Christ Jesus. If you could ‘sin', according to the gospel, you would only sin when you are trying to do good in order to have right standing with God. For by doing so, you are exempting yourself from the salvation which is freely gotten in the grace that is in Christ Jesus through faith.
Romans 9:30-32 [30]What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. [31]But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. [32]Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
Romans 10:1-4 [1]Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. [2]For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. [3]For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. [4]For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Galatians 2:19-21 [19]For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. [20]I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. [21]I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Notwithstanding, if you are born again and yet trying to gain righteousness through work, you still not forfeited your salvation. It's just that God would be seeing you as a father would see his biological son or daughter trying to do something good to became a son or daughter of his already biological father, which is the very peak of ignorance. In other words, many Christians are trying to become what they are already; because of the ignorance of who they are hence their unbearable experience in life.
This write-up is actually to help them know that whatever they are trying to get or achieve in God are already rightly theirs in Christ Jesus but they can only enjoy it not by hard work but by the gospel, absolute knowledge of the gospel.
John 8:30-32 [30]As he spake these words, many believed on him. [31]Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; [32]And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Ephesians 3:4-6 [4]Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) [5]Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; [6]That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
Permanent salvation is real, and you don't have to do anything to have it but to trust Jesus just as you would trust your rich Dad if he promises to travel with you in his car. I believe you wouldn't be worried about money to buy sufficient fuel if your father loves you and rich enough to fuel the car. In the same way, we should trust Jesus for our salvation knowing that he loves us and has what it takes to see us through.
John 10:25-30 [25]Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. [26]But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. [27]My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: [28]And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. [29]My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. [30]I and my Father are one.
Jesus in the above scripture, is telling us that ‘one saved is forever saved’; nothing can pluck the saved from his hands(one of the places Jesus boasted of his sufficient power to keep us saved no matter what). That is exactly what Paul, the Apostle, preached that made him a terror to the kingdom of darkness.
Read this from him:
Hebrews 7:25 [25]Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
To the ‘uttermost’ he says. To Paul, all you need is to believe that Jesus is your saviour and other things would be handled by Jesus himself.
Even common sense tells us that if Jesus would be qualified to be our saviour, he should be able to save us; other wise, if he wants us to help him save us, then I doubt he is the saviour he claims to be. But the good news is that Jesus by the Holy Spirit through Apostle Paul, has vehemently declared his ability to save us even to the uttermost.
The question is how, how could God overlook my sins and save me?
That is a good question; and I have a good answer from God for you.
Romans 3:23-28 [23]For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; [24]Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: [25]Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; [26]To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. [27]Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. [28]Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Verses 25-26 makes it clear that God set forth Jesus as a propitiation for our sins forever, ones committed and ones to be committed.
Hebrews 10:14 [14]For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Why did God do that?
He could have waved his hand and say, no sin, I am God, I account to nobody. But that is not how it works, there are laws and principles even God himself cannot override anyhow if he has to remain the righteous God. Therefore, he has to set his beloved son as the atonement for our sins that he might be just and the justifier of those who believe in Jesus. In other words, God gave himself a title(JUSTIFIER OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS). Brethren, when you are trying to achieve your salvation through work/action, you are actually denying God this title(JUSTIFIER OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS). It is actually dangerous to do that, don't do it.
Were Jesus and Paul only people that touched this aspect of the gospel?
No, all the Apostles lived and taught it; but I will only take one more glance on the writings of Peter, the Apostle.
1 Peter 1:1-5 [1]Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, [2]Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. [3]Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, [4]To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, [5]Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
In verse one, Peter calls the saints strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, because the kingdom Jesus prayed for has come and the saints have been initiated into it hence strangers.
Matthew 6:10 [10]Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
In verses two, Peter calls them elect, not elected.
Contextually, is there any different between elect and elected apart from the tenses?
Yes, there is a wide difference apart from the tenses: if Peter had said elected, it would mean that they did something to merit their election; but by using the word elect( people may think of present tense of elected but that is not what he is trying to say or saying) he is saying that they did not work for it neither acquired it, they were born into it or created them elect.
Another illustration could be seen in a different between a born Prince when he becomes a king and the one that campaigned to win kingship(one could loose the kingship, for he was not born king; but the other wouldn't imaging loosing, because it is his birthright).
You can also checkout this vivid example in the Bible:
Acts 22:24-28 [24]The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him. [25]And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? [26]When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman. [27]Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea. [28]And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
The chief captain came, and said unto Paul, Tell me, are you a Roman? He said, Yes. And the chief captain answered, With a great sum I obtained this freedom. But Paul said, But I was born free. Paul didn't know how much it costs to acquire Roman freedom and don't care to know, though he was enjoying the same freedom.
The question is, why?
Because he was born with or in freedom, he didn't need to do anything to acquire freedom hence he didn't care about the cost.
To understand the Holy Ghost through Peter, he wrote: verses 2, ‘elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,...’.
Through the above statements we can clearly understand the illustrations I gave. The saints according to Peter were chosen through the foreknowledge of God, before they were born. As matter of fact, they were created for that purpose, but they must have to hear the gospel and respond to it and when that happens there is no going back to the world(they don't have to do something to maintain it). What Apostle Peter is saying is that every believer was elected before birth and saved through the acceptance of the gospel(that Jesus is Lord)
Romans 10:9-10 [9]That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. [10]For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Let's hear from God himself:
Acts 18:9-10 [9]Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: [10]For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
God declares that he has much people in that city; therefore Paul should not be afraid but hold not his peace and speak for the salvation of the elect(chosen before birth). The people God says he has were not save at the time Paul was speaking because they hadn’t at that time received the gospel even though they were people of God through his foreknowledge.
What is the foreknowledge of God?
When we speak of the foreknowledge of God, we speak of the God’s ability to know the future of everyone( to be precise, ability to know who will eventually respond to the call of God to salvation through the gospel of Jesus Christ, even before the individual was conceived in his mother’s womb). Those whom God thus foreknow he also calls his elects, his people.
Foreknowledge of God does not imply that God ordained some to be saved and some to be damned(to teach that would mean that God is unjust and would not have the moral right to condemn those who do not believe in the gospel, for it was God himself who denied them salvation).
Romans 9:11-24 [11](For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth [12]It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. [13]As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
The above Scripture does not in anyway imply that God created Esau to hate him and created Jacob to love him; rather through the foreknowledge of God, he new what Esau and Jacob would do and thus his choice of Isaac. That foreknowledge latter unfolded in the life of those two bothers confirming what God has already seen through his foreknowledge.
Those who were foreknown by God, their names were already written in the book of the elect and cannot be cancelled after they had been saved. Therefore, the saved names were already written in the book of the elect through the foreknowledge of God before they were saved. Such people cannot loose their salvation(when they eventually accepts Jesus) which has already been recorded in the book of life.
Luke 10:20 [20]Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Could the elect die without being saved?
To say no would mean that the foreknowledge of God does not matter; if they were truly elect, then God would have considered every conditions before electing them. To say no would also mean that we are rejecting the foreknowledge of God. The fact is that the elects have to be saved, but through the gospel of grace in Christ Jesus.
What if they hear the gospel and do not believe it.
If they were the elect, they have to believe the gospel; if they don’t, then they are not the elect—the elect must hear and believe the gospel, it may not happen the first time they heard the gospel but eventually they will believe and be saved.
OLAADEGBU: If you followed the story you will find out that Bisola's elder brother went with her to confront Biodun armed with a pen knife. Two pastors who were with Biodun pleaded with him and even went to the Bisola's house to beg for forgiveness. Bisola's family, the two pastors were witnesses and could be subpoenaed (summoned) to give witness in court. The fact that a crime could be forgiven on an individual basis does not prevent the criminal from paying the consequences of his evil deed. Rape should be reported to the police which I believe the Dakolo's have done. It is obvious that the randy pastor is not repentant as he is a repeat offender. Witnesses are now singing by the day.
Seem you haven't seen it through my own perspective.we should try and first veiw it from the church perspective,then look at it personally.veiwing if from the church angle seems she wax raped by the church.for as long as the guy is part of the body,then the whole body is equally guilty. By going public they are saying the church raped her. Did they seek counsel from PPFN or CAN before going public?No. That's a bigger sin or evil in Gods sight. Was Noah's conduct right when he got drunk and slept nake?No. But he rose from his from his drunkiness and made one of his son to be !SLAVE OF SLAVE! Though he's conduct was wrong but that of his son was far worse.
OLAADEGBU: If you followed the story you will find out that Bisola's elder brother went with her to confront Biodun armed with a pen knife. Two pastors who were with Biodun pleaded with him and even went to the Bisola's house to beg for forgiveness. Bisola's family, the two pastors were witnesses and could be subpoenaed (summoned) to give witness in court. The fact that a crime could be forgiven on an individual basis does not prevent the criminal from paying the consequences of his evil deed. Rape should be reported to the police which I believe the Dakolo's have done. It is obvious that the randy pastor is not repentant as he is a repeat offender. Witnesses are now singing by the day. Seem you haven't seen it through my own perspective.we should try and first veiw it from the church perspective,then look at it personally.veiwing if from the church angle seems she wax raped by the church.for as long as the guy is part of the body,then the whole body is equally guilty. By going public they are saying the church raped her. Did they seek counsel from PPFN or CAN before going public?No. That's a bigger sin or evil in Gods sight. Was Noah's conduct right when he got drunk and slept nake?No. But he rose from his from his drunkiness and made one of his son to be !SLAVE OF SLAVE! Though he's conduct was wrong but that of his son was far worse.
OLAADEGBU: A senator, who is a politician owned up and apologised to his victim. Where and when did your randy pastor apologise? Did you not read his denial, did you not read from the denial of his accomplice wife? If sinners can humble themselves to apologise publicly what is stopping the so called pastor and his enabler from apologising? The Bible did not instruct us to disciple unrepentant wolves in sheepskins, they are hirelings and they should be exposed and expelled.
15“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. 16“But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY FACT MAY BE CONFIRMED. 17“If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. 18“Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven. My point is did they go to him privately? If not all they did equally is evil in Gods sight. A broken vessel can be made good again. In the Potters House not thrown to the waste bin.
OLAADEGBU: I also remembered that our Lord Jesus Christ told the woman to go and sin no more. Has the Gucci pastor acknowledged or admitted that he committed the offense?
How would we know? Is it by listening to media hypes or going to him personally? We should disciple our own.not feeding them to the dogs
But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. [7] So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
The people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. (Numbers 23:9)
Not reckoned among the nations. Oh, that is glorious! That puts Israel not only apart from the nations, but on top of the nations. Now, if there has been one thing which Satan has ever tried to do with the people of God in all ages, it has been to get them reckoned among the nations. I speak solemnly and carefully. Right at the very heart of Christendom as we have it today is the desire to be recognized. Recognition! Everything that organized Christianity does is to gain recognition. What are all these churches? I mean, in this instance, all these elaborate and imposing buildings. They are to gain recognition. They are in order to be reckoned something. To what end is all the procedure, the advertisement, and the much else besides? It is in order to get recognition, to be accredited here on this earth, to be reckoned. Yes, that is Satan's triumph. That is where spiritual power has gone out. That is where the Church has ceased to be something to be reckoned with up there. It has, in spirit, come down here, to be reckoned among the nations. If only Satan can get the people of God into a position where they are taken up by this world, written up by this world, made something of by this world, he has triumphed and pulled the Church down out of its heavenly place and made it an earthly thing. That is the principle right through the Old Testament. That too is seen to be the trouble in the Revelation. God will not have it. Satan's success is along that line. He has pulled the Church out of the heavens. Somewhere he has made it touch earth, form a link in some way with earth.
What we have just said does touch us in so many ways, yes, in countless things, this question of being reckoned among the nations in principle, this coming down from the heavenly position. The Lord never meant His Church on this earth to be something that would be taken up by this world, to be something that would be reckoned among the things of this world, recognized and accredited by this world. What He meant, and what obtained when things were right, was that the world itself could not bear the presence of the Church, did not want it. That is the power of the Church to testify against the world.
solite3: Demons have been the subject of popular movies and novels, but are they real? What does the Bible say about them?
According to Scripture, demons are fallen angels, banished from heaven with Satan because they rebelled against God:
"Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads. His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth." (Revelation 12:3-4, NIV). These "stars" were fallen angels who followed Satan and became demons. This passage implies that a third of the angels are evil, leaving two-thirds of the angels still on God's side, to fight for good.
In the Bible, we see demons, sometimes called spirits, influencing people and even taking over their bodies. Demon possession is limited to the New Testament, although demons are mentioned in the Old Testament: Leviticus 17:7 and 2 Chronicles 11:15. Some translations call them "devils" or "goat idols."
During his three-year public ministry, Jesus Christ cast out demons from many people. Their demonic afflictions included being mute, deaf, blind, having convulsions, superhuman strength, and self-destructive behavior. The common Jewish belief at the time was that all illness was caused by demon possession, but a key passage separates possession into its own class:
News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and he healed them. ( Matthew 4:24, NIV) Jesus cast out demons with a word of authority, not a ritual. Because Christ had supreme power, demons always obeyed his commands. As fallen angels, demons knew Jesus' true identity as the Son of God before the rest of the world, and they were afraid of him. Perhaps the most dramatic encounter Jesus had with demons was when he cast multiple unclean spirits out of a possessed man and the demons asked Jesus to let them inhabit a nearby herd of pigs:
He gave them permission, and the evil spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. (Mark 5:13, NIV) The disciples also cast out demons in Jesus' name (Luke 10:17, Acts 16:18), although sometimes they were unsuccessful (Mark 9:28-29, NIV).
Exorcism, the ritualized casting out of demons, is still conducted today by the Roman Catholic Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, the Anglican or Episcopal Church, Lutheran Church, and United Methodist Church. Several evangelical churches conduct a Prayer of Deliverance service, which is not a specific ritual but may be said for people in whom demons have gained a foothold.
Points to Remember About Demons Demons often disguise themselves, which is why God forbids participation in the occult, seances, Ouija boards, witchcraft, channeling, or the spirit world (Deuteronomy 18:10-12).
Satan and demons cannot possess a Christian (Romans 8:38-39). Believers are indwelt by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16); however, unbelievers are not under the same divine protection.
While Satan and demons cannot read a believer's mind, these ancient beings have been observing humans for thousands of years and are experts in the craft of temptation. They can influence people to sin.
The Apostle Paul was often attacked by Satan and his demons as he carried out his missionary work. Paul used the metaphor of the Full Armor of God to instruct Christ followers in how to withstand demonic attacks. In that lesson, the Bible, represented by the sword of the spirit, is our offensive weapon to cut down these unseen enemies.
An invisible war of good vs. evil is going on all around us, but it's important to remember that Satan and his demons are a defeated enemy, conquered by Jesus Christ on Calvary.
The outcome of this conflict has already been decided. At the end of time, Satan and his demonic followers will be destroyed in the Lake of Fire.
Hi bro There's no where written in the bible that demons are falling angels. Demons are the offspring of falling angels. Angels don't processes a man but there offsping does. Demons where created when falling angels had children with the daughters of men Gen6
From now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. (2 Corinthians 5:16)
The word "flesh" as used here is comprehensive and general. Not knowing Him after the flesh, and not knowing one another after the flesh means really what we should think if we were to say we do not know one another naturally, in the natural realm. Whatever that might be, that is all-embracing. We know one another as we know Christ, spiritually. The context here sets forth that our relationship with Christ in the new creation is purely a spiritual thing, and therefore our relationships with one another as being in Christ are spiritual relationships. The whole new creation is a spiritual matter, because it is Christ.
That leads us to this specific point, which goes right to the heart of things. In this realm the thing which dominates is the measure of Christ. Everything here is determined and governed by the measure of Christ. Christ fills this whole realm; Christ dominates this whole realm in a spiritual way; from this realm of the new creation everything which is not Christ is excluded: all things are out from God. We might say that God's world is Christ, so far as we are concerned. The entire sphere of God for us is Christ. For us as believers there is nothing else whatever in relation to God, but Christ. Nothing is accepted by Him, but Christ. Nothing is blessed by Him, but Christ. Nothing is used by Him, but Christ. Nothing is seen or considered by Him, but Christ. Here, filling God's entire realm so far as we are concerned, is Christ, only Christ.
kpakpandoN: The events in Jeremiah 18:1-6 reveal that God speaks to His own at the time He chooses, using a format of His choice. You cannot rush God to speak His mind, and neither can you identify any style in particular as the format He normally follows whenever He wants to speak. In times past He has spoken through the whirlwind, thunder, fire, a donkey and through the works of a potter. If you desire to relate with Him, you need to learn to wait on Him until you hear Him speak, and you also need to open up your heart because He can speak to you through the most unexpected and inconsequential of things. God can even send you to the ants to hear His word, as He did in Proverbs 6:6. It is amazing that God told Jeremiah to go to the potter’s house in order to hear His words there. Why didn’t God just talk to Jeremiah right where he was? The ways of our God are past finding out! Jeremiah met the potter working on a vessel that got distorted in his hands as he worked, and so he moulded it into another vessel, as seemed good to him. After observing this, God then spoke to Jeremiah, saying in Jeremiah 18:6: “O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? Saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.” Although all powers in heaven and earth belong to God, it is not in His character to force His will or desire on anyone. He loves to work with pliable materials that willingly yield themselves to His authority. He loves those who give Him the freedom to mould whatever He deems fit with their lives, just like the potter did with the clay. In other words, God want His children to completely surrender their lives to Him so that He can make something absolutely glorious out of them. He considers our resistance to His will as an unwise rejection of His love and beneficial grace. God is asking you today, Will you allow Me remould and reshape your life as the Potter? Be wise and surrender your life to Jesus today. He will make something beautiful out of your life.
The destiny of anyone who continues to resist or strive with God is like a broken vessel or smashed clay jar that is damaged beyond repair (Isaiah 45:9, Jeremiah 19:10-13). Let’s consider the examples of some people who ended up as broken vessels. In 1st Samuel 15:1-35, God rejected Saul as king because of his continued and unrepentant disobedience, rebellion and stubbornness. Also, Gehazi’s situation went beyond redemption in 2nd Kings 5:20-27: he inherited Naaman’s leprosy as a result of untamed greed and covetousness. Judas Iscariot had the good fortune of being with Jesus, like other disciples, but he rejected several warnings the Lord gave and ended up as a broken vessel. You will not end up as a broken vessel in Jesus’ Name. Written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye.
The Will and Purpise of God must always come to pass . Any broken broken vessel can be made anew by the Potter to His pleasure.
@OP To some extent you are right. If a believer focus on the Word of God 100% in studying it daily then the Word will completely transform him into Christ likeness. Our problem is the flesh God has no use with TBe flesh and it has to be completely destroy. As long as our old man(flesh) is still alive satan has a ground to accuse us before God day n night. A Christains that his flesh is completely dead has no generational curses
Yes. God has already created the heavens and earth in Gen1:1. Then something happened to the earth that was created in the begining to become void,shapeless and filled with darkness. Recreation started in Gen1:3
Christianity Etc › Re: What Did Adam Gain From Eating Of The Tree Of Knowledge Of Good & Evil? by ichuka(m): 1:41pm On Jul 28, 2019
