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the joy of spreading it 
Yes, I agree! Joy, laughter and smiles are contagious and definitely worth spreading because we have a reason to be joyful, laugh and smile ............................we're saved!!! God loves us!!! Jesus is Lord!!! Hallelujah!!
Yes, I know there's a lot of suffering right now on this Earth, BUT God has an incredible plan and is doing a NEW thing - demolition is tough, rough, and a freakin mess! LOL!
Everybody hang on! God's not finished with us yet, but there's coming a day when.......time shall be no more! Wooooohoooooooo!!!
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The Gospel is Gooooooooood News!!! It brings joy and hope to the hearer!!
Philipians4:4
4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice
Galatians5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
1Peter1:8
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
Ephesians3:17-19
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18) may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19) and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
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Pefect scriptures TT, thanks. Let us rejoice in the Lord, that is one of many things we can agree on. That is what connects Christians to Christians, even though our beliefs about Jesus are different, we all know that although we have not seen him, we love him, and even though we do not see him now, we believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy.
Great point backed up by a great scripture.
Great point backed up by a great scripture.
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Luke 18:19 King James Version (KJV)
19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
So Jesus declares that there is none that is good, even himself (Why callest thou me good?) None is good, save one, that is God, (Jesus's Father). Now is Jesus not good? I think Jesus was making a point. Of course Jesus is good.
If God first loved us, which I agree with, do you think God expects us to return our love to Him? But not only to Him, but to his other children, and in fact all the people of the earth? So God gives you His love, and you in turn give Him and others your love. All is well.
19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
So Jesus declares that there is none that is good, even himself (Why callest thou me good?) None is good, save one, that is God, (Jesus's Father). Now is Jesus not good? I think Jesus was making a point. Of course Jesus is good.
If God first loved us, which I agree with, do you think God expects us to return our love to Him? But not only to Him, but to his other children, and in fact all the people of the earth? So God gives you His love, and you in turn give Him and others your love. All is well.
Hello benhur,
Yes, Jesus IS good and He IS God. When Jesus asked the man WHY do you call Me good? Jesus was NEVER saying that He (Jesus) was not good. On the contrary, Jesus was trying to open the man's eyes to the fact that Jesus IS the visible God and that is WHY Jesus is GOOD because He IS God.
On the subject of love.............
No, I do not think God expects us to return His love with our love (that kinda sounds like a "control freak." lol!) - I think God deeply desires us to return His love with our love. Love cannot be controlled or manipulated - it must be freely given and freely received - no strings, no expectations.
Yes, we are to freely love God, others and ourselves with no conditions - just like God loves us and all people - saved and unsaved.
All is well, indeed.
Yes, Jesus IS good and He IS God. When Jesus asked the man WHY do you call Me good? Jesus was NEVER saying that He (Jesus) was not good. On the contrary, Jesus was trying to open the man's eyes to the fact that Jesus IS the visible God and that is WHY Jesus is GOOD because He IS God.
On the subject of love.............
No, I do not think God expects us to return His love with our love (that kinda sounds like a "control freak." lol!) - I think God deeply desires us to return His love with our love. Love cannot be controlled or manipulated - it must be freely given and freely received - no strings, no expectations.
Yes, we are to freely love God, others and ourselves with no conditions - just like God loves us and all people - saved and unsaved.
All is well, indeed.
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These are the words of our Savior Jesus Christ, and how do you interpret His words to you and myself when he say's; "everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him 'shall have eternal life'." Exacly, everyone who looks to the son and believes in Him shall have "eternal life. The only requirement is that you, "look and believe in Him", no hoop jumping, saying the sinners prayer, or walking down an isle, just "believe in Him."
John6:38-40
38) For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39) And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40) For my Father’s will is that 'everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life' , and I will raise them up at the last day.”
"But do not the saints even on earth sometimes taste the joys of blissful security? The doctrine of God’s word is, that all who are in union with the Lamb are safe; that all the righteous shall hold on their way; that those who have committed their souls to the keeping of Christ shall find him a faithful and immutable preserver."
"Sustained by such a doctrine we can enjoy security even on earth; not that high and glorious security which renders us free from every slip, but that holy security which arises from the sure promise of Jesus that none who believe in him shall ever perish, but shall be with him where he is."
John6:38-40
38) For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39) And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40) For my Father’s will is that 'everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life' , and I will raise them up at the last day.”
Security of the Believer
By C.H. Spurgeon
“Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.”
1 Thessalonians 5:24
By C.H. Spurgeon
“Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.”
1 Thessalonians 5:24
"But do not the saints even on earth sometimes taste the joys of blissful security? The doctrine of God’s word is, that all who are in union with the Lamb are safe; that all the righteous shall hold on their way; that those who have committed their souls to the keeping of Christ shall find him a faithful and immutable preserver."
"Sustained by such a doctrine we can enjoy security even on earth; not that high and glorious security which renders us free from every slip, but that holy security which arises from the sure promise of Jesus that none who believe in him shall ever perish, but shall be with him where he is."
Hello benhur,
Yes, Jesus IS good and He IS God. When Jesus asked the man WHY do you call Me good? Jesus was NEVER saying that He (Jesus) was not good. On the contrary, Jesus was trying to open the man's eyes to the fact that Jesus IS the visible God and that is WHY Jesus is GOOD because He IS God.
On the subject of love.............
No, I do not think God expects us to return His love with our love (that kinda sounds like a "control freak." lol!) - I think God deeply desires us to return His love with our love. Love cannot be controlled or manipulated - it must be freely given and freely received - no strings, no expectations.
Yes, we are to freely love God, others and ourselves with no conditions - just like God loves us and all people - saved and unsaved.
All is well, indeed.
Yes, Jesus IS good and He IS God. When Jesus asked the man WHY do you call Me good? Jesus was NEVER saying that He (Jesus) was not good. On the contrary, Jesus was trying to open the man's eyes to the fact that Jesus IS the visible God and that is WHY Jesus is GOOD because He IS God.
On the subject of love.............
No, I do not think God expects us to return His love with our love (that kinda sounds like a "control freak." lol!) - I think God deeply desires us to return His love with our love. Love cannot be controlled or manipulated - it must be freely given and freely received - no strings, no expectations.
Yes, we are to freely love God, others and ourselves with no conditions - just like God loves us and all people - saved and unsaved.
All is well, indeed.
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