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At least we are communicating now. Obviously I disagree when you say that your view is the Lord's. Many people (really all of us to some extent) conflate their interpretation of a verse with God's meaning. I'm not going to write my response all up again, though, since I already covered this...

I hope we are on the same page here. I just want to make sure it is understood that we are commanded to forgive when, and only when appropriate (like God), not forgiving carte blanche to all who have sinned against us without regard for the perpetrator's state of repentance (a common mistake)...

Far from an outdated observance, for the Christian, the biblical Feast of Trumpets looks forward to the return of Christ. Check it out: Old Covenant Verses of Note: Leviticus 23:23-25 Numbers 29:1-6 New Covenant Verses of Note: Matthew 24:29-31 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18...

Not exactly. Let's not forget that God forgives us if we repent, not court blanche or even Satan would qualify. This is why Jesus said in Luke 13:2-3, "Do you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate? I tell you, no, but unless...

So is forgiveness. Both forgiveness and unforgiveness are potential conclusions properly based on an assessment of the person's spiritual state. If you don't know, give it to God to determine.

God seems to do notable things in our personal lives this time of year, and also around The Feast of Tabernacles and The Last Great Day.

Sounds like the verse I was just reading. In fact it was Jesus who was teaching and he put the burden on the hearers. John 7:14-18 NASB1995 [14] But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to teach. [15] The Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has...

I have no complaints about anything I see you've written, and find it indeed a worthwhile comment for which I sincerely thank you. However I would like to make a clarification for all, to preemptively address a common misconception about love. While love is indeed a critical aspect of any...

It isn't about the issue of men and women in the church, but you might still be interested in reading the book "Pagan Christianity" by Frank Viola. It gets into the history of how church became what it is today and shows how much it is contrary to what the early church was and what was commanded...

Actually an elder at my church, a man, sought God on this verse and what God told him was that the issue is authority, not teaching per se. God emphasized that a woman could (and even should) give an exhortation, share a word, etc., but has no right to command a man.

Friend, I can appreciate worthy eyes helping to make sure I don't overstep, however, there is a place for cutting correction in hope of bringing one to repentance (ex. Acts 2:37). God has taught me that I need to be unabashedly willing to go difficult and ugly places with people, and I don't...

Not sure if you are looking for someone currently suffering, or if you are asking if Christians can suffer these ills. Therefore I will answer both. I did until God healed me of anxiety. The same for my friend who was bipolar - something incurable in the world by the way. Mental illness has a...

It is written: “Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces." Matthew 7:6 I will be moving on then.

Yes. There is a reason many are called but few are chosen.

Exactly, and thus so do those with God in them, as God enables. In fact Jesus said: "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. ... I will ask the Father, and He will give you...

You clearly do not understand how spiritual gifts work since you just tried to contrast a gift that uses Holy Spirit with being in contact with God. You don't strike me as someone who is genuinely open to learning though, therefore it is up to you to study and seek God for yourself if and when...

It isn't my job to prove anything to you. Rather I'm offering what I think and know to you for you to vet for yourself with God. But no, there were no mirrors or anything like that involved. Don't you know that we are speaking of fallen angels, and God uses holy angels to protect us because...

There was Jesus in the beginning of Matthew 9, and Elisha in second Kings 4:27 off the top of my head. It's 1:30 in the morning, though, and if you really want to know you will search for yourself, anyway, so that's all I'm gonna give.

I didn't say it wasn't false; I said it was a means beyond what we can do physically. For example, I have heard of spiritually compromised church services where things were made to glitter like gold. It was not real gold, obviously, but it was still supernatural that it was made to look that way.

Don't be ridiculous. I spoke of actually truly reading somebody's soul, not lying to them. This was often done by prophets in the Bible. And I never called it 'cold reading,' that was your term apparently chosen to discredit the work of the Holy Spirit.