I know the bible well - ask me a question that you have never understood about it or christianity

PREDESTINATION. Are you sure you want to get into that???
It is one of the hardest to comprehend, but we will give it a shot.

Ephesians 1:4-5
4) "According as he hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love.
5) Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of His will".

The key of course to this is Jesus Christ. "IN HIM". In union with Christ. Apart from Christ there would have been no election and no salvation.

God always deals with man in Christ. YES, even back to Genesis 1:1. (Colossian 1:16-17).

BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD = Gods choice was eternal and His plan is timeless. The Fall of man was not a surprise to God and redemptation was not an afterthought. God provided salvation before even one star was hung in space.

NOW.........Election is NOT a fatalistic doctrine in which God elects some to heaven and some to hell. THERE IS ABSOLUTLY NO BIBLICAL EVIDENCE FOR THAT THOUGHT.
That thought is a man centered one. It comes from the idea of man that for every action there is a REACTION. In other words, "If God elects some to go to heaven, THEN THAT MEANS SOME ARE ELECTED TO HELL".

God's election provides for the means as well as the ends. God's infallible Word plainly tells us:

Romans 10:13..
"For WHOSOEVER shall call upon the name of the Lord shall
be saved".

John 3:16...
" For God so loved the WORLD that He gave His only
begotten Son that WHOSOEVER believeth in Him should
not perish but have everlasting life".

Man, you and I, either receives or rejects God's provisions in Christ for our salvation. So far as the human race is concerned, EVERY PERSON may not only accept Christ but there are in fact urged and invited to do so. The basis or the ground of this invitation is the work of the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Here it comes, ready??? Divine FOREORDINATION and human freedom are humanly irreconcilable,but are like two parallel lines that meet in infinity, they have there meeting in God.

The purpose then of Gods election then is stated as, THAT WE SHOULD BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLAME BEFORE HIM IN LOVE.
That tells us that God's elective grace is not "pie in the sky, by and by", but it has to do with a seperated life here and now. (Romans 8:29)
Holiness is the positive side of a life lived like Christ.
(Hebrews 12:14). That does not mean "sinless" but rather STAINLESS.

The purpose then of predestination is thet we should experience SONSHIP. By means of Christs mediation and for His own to serve Him and glorify Him, ACCORDING TO HIS GOOD WILL IT WAS RIGHT FOR HIM TO DO THIS.

This is a lot to digest and I pray that God will allow you to see this great plan He has for you and me.

Ta...DA!!!!!!!! Once again the literal, baby Christian comes through for you.

Also, where did the zombies (also called Saints in the bible) described in the book of Matthew come from and where did they go?
Quoting: Urbain

You know, it would be a great help to list the verses you are talking about if you want an answer, my friend.

I looked up "zombies" in my New Testament dictionary and it jusr was not there. Try again.

These are EXTRA Biblical thoughts.

God chooses us..we can accept the call of the Holy Spirit or reject it. As usual, carnal interpreters go around and around..another Pharisee know it all on a merry go round.

First of all I didnt say anything!!!

To answer you question of am I sure...ABSOLUTLY!!!

Redemption is God driven and made POSSIBLE for everyone.
That is His plan of buying you back from the penality of sin. It is in place. It is there for you. It is a gift.

But like all gifts, to be a gift it must be received.
YOU must CHOOSE the plan God has put in place to allow that process to take place. That is Jesus Christ.

Your next question is of course NO. What must a person do to be lost and go to hell??? NOTHING!!!!!!!
Every single Bible student will tell you that we are born with a sin nature. To be saved from the penality of being a sinner one must MAKE a CHOICE. We are allowed by God to make the choice of our eternal home, heaven or hell and the basis of that choice is the love of God in Christ in that "WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US."

Nice try on the wheat and tares thing. The truth of course is that sheep and wheat are not human beings are they.
Of course when one plants a rose bush, he will get roses.
IT IS A PLANT.
Cows have cows.
Birds have birds.
Cows and birds and plants stay that way because they do not have a sprit or a soul.

Humans have souls and spirits. It is our spirit that Christ made possible to be cleansed by His shed blood. That cleaning is only made possible by invitation from the one with a sin nature WHO MAKES A CHOICE THAT HE WANTS TO GO TO HEANVEN INSTEAD OF HELL.

Thank you for the opportunity to once again get out the Word of God to a world wide audience. If you are reading this stuff, and you are a Christian, take just a second to pray for those who ask these questions that they will keep on. Do you not see that by such questions, the Gospel of Jesus is getting read out there?????

Thanks OP for starting this thread. You did good!!!!!

Yes I know. I listed the wong chapter. It is Chapter 2 of Matt. I correct it in another post.

Thanks. You will be my age one day and you too will forget why you went into the bathroom.

Bless you.

CONTEXT!!!

List it all, not what you want to, to make a point.

John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth (Choice) in Him should not perish but have everlasting life".
17) For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that through Him might be saved".
18) He that believeth on Him is not condemned, BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT IS CONDEMNED ALREADY BECAUSE HE HAS NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD".

Frankly speaking, I am having a problem trying to follow the logic here. It is Biblically without question that Christ came to save the lost and all humans are lost and dead in the sight of God until they are QUICKENED/SAVED/ MADE ALIVE(Ephesians 2:1-4) by Christ in them who is the hope of glory.

Maybe someone else can respond to this better than me.

nope! you're doing great!!

But the spirit can get worn down and you need to take a break some times........

Guess what? I may already be your age!

You are so good to me. I hope my wife doen't find out.

You show me yours and I will show you mine.

Myth # 5. The canon is closed.
Nowhere in thee books of the Bible does it say that the canon of scripture is closed. Many will refer to the last lines of Revelation to claim that the book cannot be added to. Since the Bible didn't exist at the time of the writing of the Revelation of John, it couldn't refer to the Bible as a whole. The Revelation remained a disputed book for two centuries after John penned it. Thus the commandment that it should not be added to must refer to that particular scroll which John wrote. We should understand that most scholars believe that John himself "added to" the Bible, because it is commonly believed that he wrote Revelation before the Gospel of John. The Gospel of John came AFTER the book of Revelation in the chronological sequence of Bible texts. The apostle John told us that "...there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one...that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written."

A similar interdiction against adding to God's word appears in Deuteronomy. Following the logic of those who say the Bible can't be added to because of John's statement, we must consider tossing anything that comes after Moses and Deuteronomy. Man's rejection of further revelation is an attempt to "mute" God and deny that he has power to reveal anything new or essential to mankind. It defends the status quo, having a "form of godliness" but denies the power thereof. Since the Bible itself doesn't claim to contain all God's words, it would require a revelation from God to tell us that the Bible is inerrant, sufficient, persipicacious, and the final authority in all things. Thus, you can see the quandary: it would require a revelation to tell us that there will be no more revelation.

The position is logically untenable.

For more Myths about the Bible:
Thread: Myths About the Bible - UPDATE = Add Myth # 8 - doctors of Mythology respond?

Here is a link to the KJV with inspired headings, footnotes, index, and cross-references. - [link to scriptures.lds.org]

Pay Particular Attention to the JST corrections.

MC

The bible says opposite. Nobody seeks after God, and that it is God that shows mercy, "not of him that willeth". You can't "will" your way into heaven, any more than you can work your way into heaven.

Romans 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

Romans 3:10-11: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.



Nice try? Did you read about it in the bible? The tares and wheat don't change from one to the other, and neither do the sheep and the goats.

Tares and wheat: Matthew 13:24-30

Sheep and goats: Matthew 25:31-46



All people have disobeyed God, and that's why he treats them as prisoners. But he does this, so that he can have mercy on all of them. (Romans 11:32)


Everything comes from the Lord. All things were made because of him and will return to him. Praise the Lord forever! Amen. (Romans 11:36)


How does God treat His enemies?

But love your enemies and be good to them. Lend without expecting to be paid back. Then you will get a great reward, and you will be the true children of God in heaven. He is good even to people who are unthankful and cruel. Have pity on others, just as your Father has pity on you. (Luke 6:35-36)

I'm confused about what happens after death. Ecclesiastes says something like "the dead know nothing", yet the NT says "to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord."

Also confused about Gehenna/Sheol/Paradise.

Doom with Divine purpose



Here is an example, as is the 4.6 EQ on 4/6 in my sig line.
Often the answer lies in the observation.
Simply know that God knows you personaly, knows your thoughts, the true intent of your heart and how to communicate with you if you will but pray with real intent. 




After a few rounds of your aparent asperness after my maligning maloderous morons for their meaningless mumblings (that turned out to be meaningful in the context of this exercise) you said it best:



This was an intelectual exercise to confirm the validity of the pattern upon which the TToD is based i. e. 38 MNs, etc. 

Now Second Degree Doom will not be so pleasent, although again there is no need to work up the math attempting to compute the probability of 1000+ deaths occuring during a prescribed 38 day doom event window. 

Not just any 38 day window, but during 38 days that began July 1st. More deaths would meet the prespecified criteria, but the divine influence has thus far chose to minimize human suffering while fulfilling the terms of the TimeTable of Doom.

Doom with Divine purpose.  

This is a link to the original post = Thread: A shrink wants to put me on anti-psychotic medication! (Page 4)

And this link clarifies why Doom will prove the existense of God to the unbelieving. = [link to www.schoolofabraham.com]

This post predates my Log of Direct Links so I am adding it now. = Thread: Tips for improving the GLP experience.

It is refreshing for someone, in the words of Thomas Jefferon as echoed by Glenn Beck, to ASK HONEST QUESTIONS. = see the "deception continues to crumble" link for a video of Mr. Beck describing his "Church Tour" as only he can.  

MC

Differences aside, for you to know this along with Christ gives me hope.

Jesus said that He came to save everything.

Everything and everyone that the Father has given me will come to me, and I won't turn any of them away. I didn't come from heaven to do what I want! I came to do what the Father wants me to do. He sent me, and he wants to make certain that none of the ones he has given me will be lost. Instead, he wants me to raise them to life on the last day. My Father wants everyone who sees the Son to have faith in him and to have eternal life. Then I will raise them to life on the last day. (John 6:37-40)

Big churches will tell you that Jesus came to offer salvation to people who choose to follow Jesus. Those preachers will tell you that billions of people will be lost.

Jesus said that He came to make sure that nothing that was given to Him is lost. And Jesus said that He has been given everything, and that He succeeded in His mission.

What was His mission? To "offer salvation to the lost", or to "save the lost"? They are not the same thing.

The churches teach that billions of people will be lost. Surely if billions of people go to hell, that is a victory for Satan. How can it be complete victory for Jesus if billions of the people that He made are lost? Jesus said that His job is to make certain that none of what He has been given is lost.

Jesus said that He won't rest if there is even one sheep missing. He won't be satisfied with finding 99 sheep and losing one. He wants all his sheep. And He wants everything else that He owns as well. Otherwise, it won't be complete victory, will it?

Find where Jesus said what He came to do in the bible. Decide for yourself if you agree with what He said His mission is, and whether He succeeded. Do you think that Jesus had complete victory? If He did, then He must have done this successfully:

"He sent me, and he wants to make certain that none of the ones he has given me will be lost."

The bible also tells us that if we repent, and are faithful to ask the Lord to forgive us of our sins, he will be faithful and just to forgive those sins. We as people have over complicated Christianity (all religion really). Look on it as a child would. God is our father, and he loves us as your parents love you. If you screw up, your earthly parents forgive you and love you all the same, its the same with the Lord our God, he is just a better parent than any of us could be.

Our sins are the reason that Jesus was sent to us. Through Jesus we may gain entry into heaven. We don't have to be perfect, we just have to have faith.

I have total, unshakable faith that Jesus is my lord and savior. I have felt the presence of God, and know what it's like to turn from the path. I know the awesomeness of asking for forgiveness, and following feeling the Holy Spirit come over me. I know what it's like to bind a demon and cast it from my presence. It's a truly awesome experience when you feel them leave, but it takes total faith in God and Jesus.

2 Tim. 3:16
"ALL of Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable fro doctrine, for reproof, for correction for instruction in righteousness".

2 Peter 1:21
"For the prophesy came not in old time by the will of man, but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost".

Read Deut. again. Deut 4:2.
"Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish augt from it, THAT YE MAY KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD YOUR GOD WHICH I COMMAND YOU".

CONTEXT!!!!!

The command hear makes a clear distinction between the WORD OF GOD AND THE WORD OF MAN. (MATT. 5:17-19).

The following is simply not true.......................
"We should understand that most scholars believe that John himself "added to" the Bible, because it is commonly believed that he wrote Revelation before the Gospel of John. The Gospel of John came AFTER the book of REVELATION."

The gospel of John was written by John in 85 AD.
IT is the last of the gospels.

Revelation was written by John in 95-96 while in exile on the island of Patmos.

LXX pg 34.f/.. McHenry's Expository 785, and many many more.

Your quote:
What was His mission? To "offer salvation to the lost", or to "save the lost"? They are not the same thing.

But they are.

You say TOmato, I say TAmato. Same thing!

His death and resurrection made salvation POSSIBLE.
Because we have FREEDOM of Choice, we must make a choice to go to heaven If we do nothing, sy=tay as we are, we die in our sins and are lost.

The "offer of salvation" is available to all who will receive and for ALL who reveive it THEY will become the Sons of God.

.....Hi blakey, Major, Preacher Bob...anyone...the only verse in all of scripture which describes the destruction of ..."MAGOG" ...by the "KING OF BABYLON"...is found where...?

..Notice the "MOSLEM" allignment of nations described in Ezekiel 38:1-6

..Notice ZEKE:38:21...The LORD "Calls for a sword against him">>>HIM<<< IS MAGOG ...the LORD "calls" for a sword to destroy MAGOG...whose that sword...?

Revelations 22:18-19 – What did John mean?
Thread: I know the bible well - ask me a question that you have never understood about it or christianity (Page 27)



Revelations 22:18-19 – What did John mean?

Note: All references are taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible. Bold an italics added for emphasis.

18. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

19. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

1. Revelations 22:18-19 refers to “this book”, and “the book of this prophecy”. Interestingly, the word Bible is an English rendering of the Greek Biblia, which means “a collection of books”. The King James Version of the Holy Bible is, as the name infers, a collection of 66 separate “books” that were written over a period of approximately 2,200 years. They were compiled to form our “Bible”. Revelations is one “book”, attached to 65 other “books”, compiled for our convenience into one volume. As an aside, keep in mind that the bible is not assembled in chronological order.

2. The first English bible was compiled in 1382. On top of that, the Book of Revelations wasn’t even accepted into the canon of scripture until 1546. So, in effect, the book of Revelations itself was “added to” the Bible as we know it. Another interesting point is that Revelations wasn’t the last book written by John the Revelator. He wrote The Gospel of John after his release from the Isle of Patmos, during his time in Ephesus.

3. The Bible is neither perfect nor complete. There are numerous inconsistencies in the Bible, as well as many references to scripture we no longer have. Scripture references referring to translation errors, as well as references to missing books of scripture, will be given at the end of this document. *

4. See Deuteronomy 4:2-3 – Moses made a similar statement 2,000 years before John did, which, if taken at face value, would mean that nothing but the first 5 books of the Old Testament (the Pentateuch) would be scripture. However, the Savior Himself quotes extensively from Psalms and Isaiah, which means that they must be legitimate scripture.

5. John was speaking specifically about his Revelation when he wrote Revelations 22:18-

19. That is why he was so specific about “this book” and “the words of the prophecy of this book“. He also clarifies that man can’t add to or take away, but that does not limit God from revealing more of His word! With this in mind, let us approach the possibility of further scripture by an appeal to the Bible.

That said, let us ask another question. If John was referring just to his book, then can there still be other scriptures out there, not in our current Bible? Could the Book of Mormon really be scripture?

6. John 10:16 speaks of “other sheep.” We hold that Christ loves all His children, and that He sends Prophets to teach them in all ages, and all areas of the world. Christ said those “other sheep” would “hear His voice”, yet during His mortal ministry He went only to the children of Israel (Matthew 15:24.) Surely those “other sheep” that were to hear His voice would have written it down! The other sheep He spoke of were not the Gentiles, for it would be through the voice of His apostles that the Gentiles would be converted, as stated by Christ.

7. In keeping with God’s law of witnesses (2 Corinthians 13:1, Deuteronomy 19:15), the Bible is but one witness, that of the Jewish nation. The Book of Mormon is believed to be another witness, of another nation, that Jesus is the Christ, and that He does not change. Its purpose is to testify of Christ and of the validity of the Bible. Consider the following:

8. Ezekiel 37:16-22 speaks of two records. One, the “Stick of Judah”, and the other, the “Stick of Joseph.” The Jews, the nation from whence the Bible sprang, are of the tribe of Judah. The book of Mormon can be none other than the “Stick of Joseph”, for it is a record of a lost branch of the tribe of Israel, descendants of Manasseh, one of the sons of Joseph.

The scriptures are the record of God’s dealings with Prophets (Amos 3:7), and as Ephesians 4:11-13 says:

11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:

With over 2,000 Christian denominations in the world, we have anything but a “unity of the faith.” As the scriptures say, “One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism” (Ephesians 4:5.) God is a God of order, and surely the Lord has a correct way of organizing and running His church, and that has always been declared through Apostles and Prophets. We declare that God has not changed, and that He still reveals His will through Apostles and Prophets, just as He has always done.

Our challenge to the world: The scriptures teach that “by their fruits ye shall know them” (Matt 7:20.) We affirm that statement, as well as that the Comforter will “teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance” (John 14:26.) The fruit of the Prophet Joseph Smith and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Book of Mormon, which we declare to be none other than the record of Christ’s teachings to His “other sheep.”

Let all men and women everywhere test those fruits through study and prayer, and allow the decision of whether or not they are true to be made by an appeal to God. The Spirit of God testifies of truth, so by the Spirit we may know if these things are true. We can recognize the Spirit by its fruits (Galatians 5:22-23.) The Book of Mormon makes the following promise in Moroni 10:3-5, its concluding chapter:

3 Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things and ponder it in your hearts.

4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, He will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.

Don’t take our word for it. “Ask of God” (James 1:5)

* References
Missing Scripture: Numbers 21:14, Joshua 10:13, 1 Kings 11:41, 1 Chronicles 29:29, 2 Chronicles 9:29, 2 Chronicles 12:15, Matthew 2:23 and Jude 1:14. These are just a few possible references, so clearly the Bible is, in its current form, incomplete.

Bible Errors:

1. See Acts 9:7, and then Acts 22:9. In the first, the men heard a voice but saw no man. In the second, they saw the light, but heard no voice. This represents an obvious translation error. The translators, while educated men, were still imperfect. We must be open to further clarifications where Bible translations are concerned.

2. In translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew to English, some important details were either lost or misunderstood. For Example: In Genesis 1:1, it has the words “God created.” It is commonly accepted that this means that God created the world out of nothing, for that is one meaning of “create”. However, the Hebrew word from which “created” is translated is “Baurau”, which does not mean to create from nothing, but “to organize or form, i.e. from that which is already in existence”. This clearly shows the idea of ex nihilo creation (creation from nothing) to be a false principle. A careful study of the earliest Hebrew biblical manuscripts will clarify many concepts that have been long misunderstood.

3. This applies to the New Testament’s Greek as well. For example: Matthew 5:48 has the word “perfect.” Perfect was translated from the Greek word “telios”, which means “whole or complete”. John 10:30 has the word “one”, in reference to Christ and His Father. The Greek word from which “one” was translated was originally in the neuter form, which means not a physical oneness, which would have been represented by either the feminine or masculine forms, but “a oneness of attributes, powers, purpose, etc”, an intangible oneness. This clarifies to us that we are to become perfect as our Father in Heaven, whole and complete as He is whole and complete, and also that He and His Son are not physically one, but one in purpose, power and attributes. - [link to samantics.wordpress.com]

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MC

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You may have heard of Saul of Tarsus. His free will choice was to murder people and stop them from following Jesus. And yet:

Saul kept on threatening to kill the Lord's followers. He even went to the high priest and asked for letters to the Jewish leaders in Damascus. He did this because he wanted to arrest and take to Jerusalem any man or woman who had accepted the Lord's Way. When Saul had almost reached Damascus, a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice that said, "Saul! Saul! Why are you so cruel to me?" "Who are you?" Saul asked.

"I am Jesus," the Lord answered. "I am the one you are so cruel to. Now get up and go into the city, where you will be told what to do." (Acts 9:1-6)

Where was Saul's free will? He wanted to keep people away from Jesus, but Jesus chose him to do the opposite.

He came to me and said, "Saul, my friend, you can now see again!" At once I could see. Then Ananias told me, "The God that our ancestors worshiped has chosen you to know what he wants done. He has chosen you to see the One Who Obeys God and to hear his voice. You must tell everyone what you have seen and heard. What are you waiting for? Get up! Be baptized, and wash away your sins by praying to the Lord." (Acts 22:13-16)

Even Paul says that it wasn't his decision:

From Paul. God our Savior and Christ Jesus commanded me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, who gives us hope. (1 Timothy 1:1)

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus. God himself chose me to be an apostle, and he gave me the promised life that Jesus Christ makes possible. (2 Timothy 1:1)

From Paul, chosen by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from Sosthenes, who is also a follower. (1 Corinthians 1:1)

From Paul, chosen by God to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, and from Timothy, who is also a follower. To God's church in Corinth and to all of God's people in Achaia. (2 Corinthians 1:1)

From Paul, chosen by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. To God's people who live in Ephesus and [a] are faithful followers of Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 1:1)

From Paul, chosen by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from Timothy, who is also a follower. (Colossians 1:1)

Where was Saul's free choice? Jesus says he chose Paul. Paul says Jesus chose him. Why was Saul not allowed to keep murdering people, as he freely chose?

Paul wrote:

Someone may ask, "How can God blame us, if he makes us behave in the way he wants us to?" But, my friend, I ask, "Who do you think you are to question God? Does the clay have the right to ask the potter why he shaped it the way he did? Doesn't a potter have the right to make a fancy bowl and a plain bowl out of the same lump of clay?" (Romans 9:19-21)


Paul also wrote:

But God was merciful! We were dead because of our sins, but God loved us so much that he made us alive with Christ, and God's wonderful kindness is what saves you. God raised us from death to life with Christ Jesus, and he has given us a place beside Christ in heaven. God did this so that in the future world he could show how truly good and kind he is to us because of what Christ Jesus has done. You were saved by faith in God, who treats us much better than we deserve. This is God's gift to you, and not anything you have done on your own. It isn't something you have earned, so there is nothing you can brag about. God planned for us to do good things and to live as he has always wanted us to live. That's why he sent Christ to make us what we are. (Ephesians 2:4-10)


What about the people who don't believe in God? What happens to them?

All people have disobeyed God, and that's why he treats them as prisoners. But he does this, so that he can have mercy on all of them. (Romans 11:32)

About the only reason I can think of for you to not understand that the Canon is closed would be that you are of the Mormon faith. That way the book of Mormon would be added.

Not So. The Bible was completed with the Revelation.

Actually there are TWO Gog and Magog battles.

The 1st is found in Ezekiel 38. It comes from the NORTH parts.
No one know when this one is to take place. Personally IMO I believe this one will be at or right before the Rapture. I have no Biblical proof, just my thinking.

The second in Revelation 20:8 and we know that it takes place at the end of the 1000 year rule of Christ. This one comes from "the four corners of the earth".

Good question. I hope this helps you.

AGREED!

Preacher, where do you think people get these ideas and thoughts from???? It is kind of scary don't you think????

Acts 1:23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
25 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

Why was Matthias called as an Apostle if the Apostles were meant to cease?

MC