Spiritual "Prepper" Instructions

I hope you won't be offended by my observations brother, because you and your gifts are vital in the body of Christ -
You have/can do all these things:

I Cor.13
Though I speak, though I have a gift, though I understand, though I know, though I have faith, though I give, though I feed...

You come across:

as a sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal a lot of times.

Maybe because:

You don't show love

These are some of the more personally applicable characteristics out of the list:

is patient long, is kind, vaunteth not itself, isn't puffed up, isn't easily provoked, doesn't jump to think evil intentions of another, bears all things, endures all things

I'm genuinely pointing these things out in love, for your betterment, and so the lost won't be repelled by your harshness and impatience at times but instead will be drawn to christ through him shining through you.

I know you would do the same for any of your brothers/sisters here.

Love in Christ,

Your heart is in a good place and I strongly agree with you regarding the bolded.

OP, I pray that many will read and understand your post. So true, it doesn't matter how much we prep if we don't have faith, love and assurance that we belong to the LORD.

Uh oh, what can you do? I am banned once again from
speaking in the Protestant threads. They won't
discuss the faith, they are closed.

I thought GLP was a discussion forum? I typed my
response to help and hit post...Banned...

Here it is.

From [link to sacredsandwich.com] , a few samples of what people today would likely have said to the apostle Paul in the first century:

How arrogant of Mr. Apostle to think he has the right to judge these people and label them accursed. Isn’t that God’s job? Regardless of this circumcision issue, these Galatians believe in Jesus just as much as he does, and it is very Pharisaical to condemn them just because they differ on such a secondary issue. Personally, I don’t want a sharp instrument anywhere near my zipper, but that doesn’t give me the right to judge how someone else follows Christ. Can’t we just focus on our common commitment to Christ and furthering His kingdom, instead of tearing down fellow believers over petty doctrinal matters?

I’ve seen other dubious articles by Paul Apostle in the past, and frankly I’m surprised you felt that his recurrent criticisms of the Church deserved to be printed in your magazine. Mr. Apostle for many years now has had a penchant for thinking he has a right to “mark” certain Christian teachers who don’t agree with his biblical position. Certainly I commend him for desiring to stay faithful to God’s word, but I think he errs in being so dogmatic about his views to the point where he feels free to openly attack his brethren. His attitude makes it difficult to fully unify the Church, and gives credence to the opposition’s view that Christians are judgmental, arrogant people who never show God’s love.
Quoting: Keep2theCode


OP (Keep2theCode),

Don't you see your objection to Paul, saying he is wrong means your profession of "Bible Alone" as your lone authority is wrong too! The Bible is inerrant. Sola Scriptura, from Martin Luther is the big fat lie.

The Epistles, the letters are a help, a building up of the
faith, singular, to the first Christians. They are corrections for anyone falling away from Apostolic teachings.

Paul reminds the first Christians in 1 Cor 11:27, unless you discern it is the "body" of Our Lord in the Eucharist, you bring judgment on yourself. Pretty serious brother. Do not ignore that verse. An early reference to the Eucharist is "breaking bread."

Great thread OP thanks for taking the time and your thoughtful determination to get the truth out

OP, dont forget the commandments and the sin.

Dont forget the baptism: immersion in water.

You must be reborn in Christ through immersion in water. It can be sometime after you accepted him and repented from your sins.

At the same time, it doesnt matter if you believe and accept Jesus, but ignore the commandments and keep sinning and doing the things that God dont like.

And besides the ten commandments, there are other things like what you think, dealing with the dead/occult/spirits, using drugs/medicine... I forgot the rest :D

Immersion in water does nothing but serve as a public expression of commitment. Peter spoke of the contrast between that which merely washes dirt from the body and that which cleanses the spirit. Paul also made several indications that this rite was not part of the gospel and something he was happy he hadn't done to many people. Even John the Baptist said that what he was doing was to be but a shadow of what was to come: the baptism of fire, meaning the Holy Spirit indwelling a person at the moment of belief. Even in Acts, the Spirit came sometimes before baptism and sometimes after, clearly indicating its irrelevance to salvation.

I've also stated many times in these threads that salvation, being a reconciliation with God, means no longer living in a way that grieves or ignores God. As Paul said, "We died to sin; how can we keep living in it?"

But the Ten Commandments were strictly for the nation of Israel. As the writer of Hebrews states clearly in chapter 7, with a change of priesthood comes a change of law. As Jesus said in the parable of the wineskins, you cannot mix old and new. As Paul said, the law was a custodian, a shadow, but the reality is Christ. And as John said, our new law is simply to love God and others, which Paul summed up as "Love does no harm to its neighbor, therefore love is the fulfillment of the law". Even James, who some think taught salvation by works (I disagree), said that the law was "a burden neither we nor our ancestors could bear", such that Gentiles would not need to practice Judaism to be saved.

Jesus set us free from legalism and from sin. He set us free from "dead works", rituals, temples, and regulations. "Where two or three gather in [His] name" and "neither here nor there but in spirit and truth", living in close relationship with Jesus, is how to practice Christianity. Our righteousness does not come from ourselves but only in Jesus.

Thanks Op, Very well put! nailed to the cross steps away from death two sinner along side Jesus, one just had to believe Jesus, was the son of God! no water needed and he was saved the other well not so good.