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You're not wrong, but you're also missing that the love of a friend will tell you the truth even if you don't want to hear it. That's what "stabbing you in the front" means. Not harm out of malice but speaking truth because of love to save you from future and further pain.

@HopeCFW agreed, we're saying the same thing. You are more eloquent though.

I agree that you won't find any version of "a sinner's prayer" in the Bible, but how is it unbiblical to humble oneself before God, confess their rebellion against Him, accept the free gift of salvation through Jesus Christ, and commit to obediently follow Him?

Sorry to hear that. I hope everyone is healthy.

Praying that God reveals Himself to you!

I see what you did there :) God doesn't need money because all the money belongs to Him already. People manage the amounts that He provides. At the same time, when we give some of the money God provides us, a) we demonstrate that we trust in His provision over our own, and b) the mission of the church body can happen.

Faith is not like manifestation, though that is a common misunderstanding. Manifestation is saying or thinking something that doesn't exist into existence. Faith, is trusting in real (but unseen) things to do what God promised would happen. (Hebrews 11:1). In other words, manifestation says I need XYZ to have a better life, so I'll "speak into the universe," and eventually (if I believe hard enough) those things will come to me. Though it is spiritual and not physical, faith is no different than trusting that if you buy a plane ticket to London (which is unseen to you at the moment) is really there and should the flight go safely, you'll arrive at a real London.

@HopeCFW so it's a word game. They are the same but not the same. It's semantics. Tomato tamato. Ok. Got it. Hold on to that thought.

It's not semantics. They are very different. Well, I suppose they are the same if you assume God isn't real.

I see what you mean, especially how "miracle" is used today ("expect a miracle every day" as an example). But the truth is they are "miracles" and not "normals." The miracles in the Bible, and likely other legit miracles in the post-Bible-writings era, were under dire circumstances and point to God's glory and not my comfort. Most of the time, when I'm hoping for a miracle, I want to get out of a jam. The thing you might need to consider is... just because you weren't there when it (or things like it) happened, does that mean it didn't happen?

@HopeCFW back to the whole, does a tree make a noise in the forest if you are not there to hear it. Good try in trying to make your opinion sound good..

I'll be praying for you. That sounds hard. I want to encourage you with this from Jesus: "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand." (John 10:27-29) If you could do enough, be good enough, believe hard enough, then Jesus wouldn't have needed to save. He is able to save us because He was (and is) everything.

Hahaha... yes, odd end point.

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. 14 Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. 16 In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; 17 and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, 18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication.

So you're enough and don't need Jesus? Also that's not John 5:18???

Great clarification! The verse is 1st John 5:18 and says that if you are born again "born of God," you don't have the same compulsion to sin. So, we absolutely need Jesus, otherwise we can't be born again. This also doesn't mean that believers are incapable of acts of sin - there is still a sin nature - but that a lifestyle of habitual sin is being dealt with.

@@HopeCFW This is what the church teaches- that we will always walk in sin. It is not what the Scriptures teach. Jesus told us to "be perfect as the Father is perfect" in Matthew 5:48 or... "Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” I Peter 1:13-16 We are to walk as Jesus walked and Jesus did not sin.

@@jannaswanson271 I agree with you that Jesus did not sin, but A) How would you explain the Apostle Paul's comment in Romans 7:15-20 and B) What do you call it when a Christ-follower thinks or does something that dishonors God's ways?

@@HopeCFW Paul understood sin like we all do. He is not just throwing up his hands though. In I Corinthians 9 he writes, "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize. Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable. Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air. No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified." What does he mean by disqualified? Again, we all start out in sin. We fight it and through Christ we overcome sin. Without holiness no one will see the Lord.

Yes, for some, they are called to be martyrs, but faith in Jesus will sustain.

Sorry, that happened to you.

Amen!

That's awesome!!!

Yes. Even $1 would be a good start if you aren't giving anything. The aim is to have an attitude of generosity, and a tithe (10%) of income is a good goal to counteract our fleshly drift toward short-changing God.

Haha! Yes!

Could you explain further?

What a great point to raise! I think we can agree that God is transcendent above humanity (He is nothing like us). "All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made." (John 1:3). Thus, wouldn't be possible that a) God is not limited by man's limits and b) our definitions of His creation are insufficient to encapsulate all that God is capable of? The Gospel of John states that, "And the Word [the Son of God] became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth." (John 1:14). And He was prophesied in Isaiah 7:14 that "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." How can a virgin conceive and bear a child? She can't without the transcendent power of God working outside of our understanding of His creation. The name "Immanuel" means "God with us." I encourage you to read Philippians 2:5-11. It also highlights how Jesus was fully God and fully human, why He did it, and the result of Him becoming a human like us. My prayer is that as you continue to seek God that He will continue to reveal His true self to you.

God, through Jesus Christ, gives the power to change. With His help, we pray, you can be the version He wants for you :)