Yup, you have the time zone right and today was a good day-for me.
To be able to share God's word and to glorify Jesus Christ and to have fellowship with other believers-well-one, two-maybe?
What does "born again" mean?
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To be able to share God's word and to glorify Jesus Christ and to have fellowship with other believers-well-one, two-maybe?
amigo de christo
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Yep . i remembered the other night you told me what time it was where you were . So now i know to add seven hours
to my time . our dear sister is one hour behind you . Its seven fifty one with her .
I learned the time zones of all the lambs . But i learned this First , IT dont matter what TIME it is
ITS LORD PRAISING TIME in all zones of the world . Yep . The lambs march on in the LORD .
amigo de christo
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And the beauty of it is , no matter when one of us is sleeping , you can bet there is a lamb somewhere in the world
that is praising and thanking the LORD and praying for the lambs . YEP .
THE LORD is with the lambs and HE watches over HIS SHEEP . LET THE KING BE PRAISED
that is praising and thanking the LORD and praying for the lambs . YEP .
THE LORD is with the lambs and HE watches over HIS SHEEP . LET THE KING BE PRAISED
Marvelloustime
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And seven forty four with me.
Let the Lord be praised. Brother is spotted.
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amigo de christo
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try and do fail . NONE can prevail lest they cling to the LORD . HE ALONE is our hope and our salvation
our strength , wisdom , knowlege cometh of HIM . The only thing we can do WITHOUT HIM , IS FAIL . Peroid .
amigo de christo
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My dear sister from the UK has arisen and is on the move . Sisters been spotted .
Amen-let the Lord be praised, unceasingly @Marvelloustime
Psa_28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
Psa_30:9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Psa_30:12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
Psa_33:1 ith the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
Psa_34:1 A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psa_35:18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
Psa_35:28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
Shalom to you and our brother Amigo.
J.
amigo de christo
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Yep even when job had lost his wealth and sons and daughters , HE simply said THE GOOD LORD GIVES
and the GOOD LORD TAKES away , BLESSED BE the LORD . He is our hope and our salvation .
And here is something huge my friend . THE GOOD LORD HAS GIVEN US LIFE IN CHRIST
and has taken away the Wrath from us that we all deserved . YES INDEED .
I also believe and that is only my belief so far, that baptism is more than just symbolic, something happens after that in the spiritual realm and you receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. I believe it's different if the Holy Spirit descended upon you than if it was dwelling IN you after baptism and that it's the reason why after the Holy Spirit descended on them, they still had to be baptised in water to receive the Holy Spirit to dwell IN them.
I believe also that it's vital to read the Word of God in order to be "born again" because the Word is "living and active" and I was taught the Word of God is the Sword of the Spirit so I found the Spirit doesn't only tell us other things not directly written in the bible but also everything in the bible which is living and active, dividing soul and spirit. Jesus called on us to repent and be baptized so why wouldn't we keep this instruction and command.
I hope what I wrote above would help you to get water baptized. It's important.
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I hope you didn't think that I was laughing at you again Johann when you wrote that post of whether it was just you replying to a poster or you walking by the Spirit. I put a laughing emoji because I just thought it was funny bc I too at times have thought like that too. I believe though that the Holy Spirit gives us a good conscience to help, edify and love others.
And I want to share with everyone that I really feel that I am "born again" and that the Holy Spirit dwells IN me because I can never go back and be just like I was before when I didn't know God/Jesus and the bible. I feel the Holy Spirit at times absolutely prohibits me to do certain things that are wrong in His sight and I feel have told me things not directly written in the bible. Praise and glory be to God.
I dont' know all the 'mechanics' of it, but as the Lord gave me understanding one time, I believe baptism is a prophetic act in the natural realm that prepares the way for something in the spiritual realm. In this case the death of our old man and resurrection to life of the new man. Similar to how the Lord commanded the prophets to do enact things to prophetically depict something that was going to happen to Israel.....it has all the power of a prophetic word in the form of a living parable. I also think of baptism as the believer agreeing to and ratifying the covenant Jesus has brought us into......it's our consent and "I do" to His choosing us to be His bride. So there is something not complete until a believer has undergone water baptism....like a sentence without a period at the end of it, it's open ended until we put the period there. Baptism isn't what saves us in itself, but it is more important than many realize. Someone else typically baptizes another, because they are a witness to the other person's "I do." May the Lord give us understanding and revelation of these things.
Blessings in Christ Jesus Lizbeth! I will share with you, when The Lord showed me concerning a true baptism. Many years ago a friend of mine who was a prison minister invited me and my room mate to a baptism of an inmate who just came to The Lord. This baptism would be in a river at a park. When we got to the meeting place it was decided how we all were going to the park. For me they decided that I would ride on the back of a motorcycle. When I got on the back I was actually a little scared, as it had been many years since I was on one. But then I heard, "My son, I have not given you a spirit of fear" From that moment on, I was not afraid. When we all got to the park we all walked down to the river. We were now waiting for the young man who was to be baptized. As I stood there on the bank of the river I could perceive The Presence of The Lord above the river. It was then they brought the young man down into the water. I could here my friend explaining to the young man about salvation and baptism. I then saw the young man go down into the water, and come up again. I knew that this man was now clean, and that he was not alone, as his eyes had changed. He was in total joy. I knew that from this moment forward his journey with Lord had begun. Also, as I looked at this man, I could see that his girlfriend would be a hinderence to his journey. Now this is something I will never forget. On the way back we stopped at a red light. This young man was in the back seat of a car. I saw him roll down the back window of the car and he turned and looked at me on the back of the bike. It was like The Lord(The Holy Spirit)in him, took the time to look and smile, face to face, eyes to eyes. At this, I was in The Spirit instantly. I do not bring a doctrine of Baptism, so that it can be argued, but sometimes I bring a testimony of what I have seen and what I have heard. Blessings!
It's a wonderful testimony brother. :) I also testify, of what the Lord has been gracious to give me in hopes it will encourage or inspire those who need to be baptized. When the eunuch said, look there is water, what doth hinder me from being baptized....this was written because there are things that sometimes will hinder folks from being baptized. In my case I was initially hindered because I was suspicious of anything that appeared to be ritualistic...because of coming from a Catholic background.
Precious friend, yes, it is good to be suspicious of rituals, even OT rituals brought over into religions.
My learning came after Many years, first catholicism, then reformed, and finally baptist, traditions.
Result?:
God Is Gracious, He Led me to His Word Of Truth, Rightly Divided, where I found out about His:
ONE ( Spiritual ) Baptism For the Body Of Christ, today, solving all my suspicions/Confusion.
Please Be Very RICHLY Encouraged, Enlightened, Exhorted, And Edified In
The LORD JESUS CHRIST, And In His Word Of Truth, Rightly
Divided!
Grace, Peace, And JOY!…
Amen.
Amen. And water baptism is a picture/parable word of that spiritual baptism. It speaks "without a word" but with a prophetic living picture. I think of it as Jesus has entered into covenant with us and having been awakened to it, we now need to give our consent to that. Only one signature on the wedding register is kind of leaving things short.
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