sunshine1962

If I met a Christian who had no assurance of his salvation, I would go through the steps of salvation with him, then pray the Sinner's prayer with him, then rejoice with him. If they are not sure whether or not their salvation is there ir not, then they have no salvation.

I believe that prophecy may be frowned upon now, because there are so many people claiming to be prophets. They talk out the side of their mouths and nothing spoken is true or becomes true. We should pray about what is spoken and also read our Bibles for ourselves.

We need to give thanks to God at all times. There is not a situation that is imaginable that thanks and praise should not be given.

When people are revenge seekers, God temporarily takes His hands off them (I believe) until they come back to their senses. If they don't forgive others, God will not forgive them. If a congregation is unloving to outsiders, that congregation will not grow and God will not bless them. An unloving attitude does not reflect Christ in any kind of way. If the congregation begins to change into the type of congration it should be, Christ steps back into the picture and they begin to receive their blessings again.

When others show a lack of respect whether it's for a leader or someone older than them, it shows their upbringing (or lack thereof), that they don't care, they don't know know the Bible, and just how mature they really are. When their disrespect spreads to others, members may leave that church, the children in the church learn from the disrespectful, discord amongst the members of the church will flare up, andthe leader may leave. Getting rid of the leader will not fix the problem, bbecause the problem lies much deeper and will have to be found to correct the problem.

We should always be ready for His return. We should always live our lives like He will be here in the next minute or so. To be self controlled means that we stop be stop and think about our actions before we react or that we ask ourselves "What would Jesus do" before we take action. We also need to seek opportunities to let lights shine and to be a witness for Christ.

There will be no warning. We are to always be ready for we know not when He will return. As stated above there will be no warning.

He will call them from their graves to be with Him when He comes back. The angels will also be with Him.

Daniel sees Christ returning from heaven in the clouds Christ has been given dominon over the entire earth with authority, glory, and power. His return will be majestic. Christ referred to himself like that, because He wants everyone to see Him as human (so all will know that He suffered the same things we suffered). He also wanted to fulfill Daniel's prophecy and connect with us all.

Paul mentioned such severe punishments for sexual immorality, because it's a sin against the body which is the temple of God. A sin is a sin. There is no large or small sin. All Christians should listen to and take heed of Paul's warnings.

Humans can control their sexual urges if they choose to. These out of control people are that way, because they want to be out of control. First of all, if we don't control ourselves sexually within our marriages, we sin by committing adultery. Secondly, we can bring all types of sexually transmitted diseases home. If we are not married, we still sin. When sexuality has no boundaries, sin takes over and we mess up God's "temples", marriages are broken, children hurt, our spirits are downtrodden, and our bodies damaged.

To be sanctified is to be made holy; to be set apart as God's very own. We are holy now, because God has already separated us from the world for His own purposes. We are in the process of becoming "holy", because we are works in progress. We can't be immoral sexually and holy in all other aspects of our lives.

If we live by rules, that's it---we won't do anything to break the rules. If we are trying to please God, we live our lives according to what God wants. If we live by what God wants, we won't have to worry about breaking the rules. Living a God-pleasing life is stronger. Love is stronger than rule-keeping. Paul is speaking on the authority of God.

Special speakers are on the outside looking in. They see things that the congregation can't see. So, not only can they reveal things to help the pastor strengthen his/her congregation and uplift him/her, they can also help strengthen and uplift the congregation. It's difficult to have one preacher Sunday after Sunday, because there is no stability. It's important however, if a church is without a pastor, because the itinerant preacher can touch on things that the pastor (especially a new one) may not feel comfortable enough approaching.

Persecution might discourage those Christians whose faith is not strong. It might seem like (to them) that the Christian journey is just too hard and not worth the struggle. So, they do their good service behind closed doors where only God can see. It matures them by allowing their services to be turned into blessings beyond measure for them. It shows whether their underlying motives are about God and what He wants or a way of getting what they want for themselves. It shows what they are truly made of. With every temptation, we are given a decision whether to do right or wrong. It's God's way of testing us. Satan's time has not come yet.