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  1. Romans 6:3
    Don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
  2. Romans 6:4
    When we were baptized into His death, we were placed into the tomb with Him. As Christ was brought back from death to life by the glorious power of the Father, so we, too, should live a NEW kind of life.
  3. Romans 6:8
    If we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
  4. Romans 6:9
    We know that Christ, who was brought back to life, will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him.
  5. Romans 6:11
    "So consider yourselves dead to sin’s power but living for God in the Power that Christ Jesus gives you.
 

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1 Corinthians 1:9

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"God is FAITHFUL [reliable, trustworthy, and therefore ever true to His promise, and He can be depended on]; by GOD, you were CALLED into companionship and participation with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord."
 

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God has placed us In Christ, in His Holy Righteousness, and not our own righteousness, which was like 'the stench of filthy rags because of Sin" in the nostrils of A Holy & Pure God. Now we can come into the 'Holy of Holies' God's Holy Presence:

  • Romans 5:2
    We have also obtained access through Him BY FAITH into this GRACE in which we stand, and we rejoice in the HOPE of the GLORY of God.
  • Romans 5:9
    "Much more then, since we have now been declared RIGHTEOUS by His BLOOD, we will be SAVED FROM GOD'S WRATH through Him."

  • Romans 5:11
    "And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through Him, we now have received this Reconciliation."

  • Romans 6:4
    "Therefore, we were buried with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in a New Way of LIFE."

  • Romans 6:5
    "Because if we have been joined with Him in the likeness of His death, we will certainly also be in the likeness of His Resurrection.
  • 1 Corinthians 1:9
    "God is FAITHFUL; you were called by Him into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord."

  • 1 Corinthians 1:30
    "But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became God-given WISDOM for us—our Righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption...
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Romans 15:13
'Now may the God of HOPE fill you with all JOY and PEACE as you believe in Him so that you may overflow with HOPE by the POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT.'
 

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"I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST'S STRENGTH!"

HALLELU-JAH!

"GREATER IS CHRIST IN ME THAN he who is in the world!!!"


 

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"But YOU are:

"A CHOSEN RACE!
"A ROYAL KINGLY PRIESTHOOD!

"A HOLY NATION!
"A PEOPLE for His POSSESSION!


"so that YOU may proclaim the PRAISES of the One Who CALLED YOU out of darkness into His MARVELOUS LIGHT.

"Once you were NOT a people,
but now YOU are God’s PEOPLE!

YOU had not received mercy,
but NOW YOU have received MERCY!
1 Peter 2:9-10 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
 

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1 Peter 1:8
"Although you have NEVER seen Christ, you love Him. You don’t see Him now, but you believe IN HIM. You are extremely HAPYY with JOY and PRAISE that can hardly be expressed in words."
 

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James 2:

12 "SPEAK and ACT as those who will be JUDGED by the LAW of FREEDOM. 13 For JUDGMENT is WITHOUT MERCY to the one who HAS NOT shown MERCY. MERCY TRIUMPHS OVER JUDGMENT."
 

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After ALL that He's shown His Love for us, surely He deserves our HIGHEST ...LOVE & LOYALTY ...


Song of Songs

1 "Solomon’s Song of Songs.

2 "Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth—
because Your Love is more delightful than wine.

3 "Pleasing is the fragrance of Your perfumes;
Your Name is like perfume poured out.
No wonder the young women love You!

4 "Take me away with You—let us hurry!
Let the KING bring me into His chambers."

... Selah!
 

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SONG OF SOLOMON 1:

15 Solomon (Jesus Christ): How beautiful you are, my darling.
How very beautiful! Your eyes are doves.

16 Solomon's Wife (Christ's Bride) How handsome you are, my love. How delightful!
Our bed is lush with foliage;

17 the beams of our house are cedars,
and our rafters are cypresses.
 

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1 John 4:1-6

"Test People Who Say They Have God’s Spirit"

"Dear friends, don’t believe all people who say that they have the Spirit. Instead, test them. See whether the spirit they have is FROM God, because there are many false prophets in the world.

"This is how you can recognize God’s Spirit: Every person who declares that JESUS CHRIST HAS COME AS HUMAN has the Spirit that is from God. But every person who DOESN'T declare that Jesus Christ has come as a human has a spirit that is NOT from God. THIS is the spirit of the "anti-Christ that you have heard is coming. That spirit is ALREADY in the world.

"Dear children, YOU belong to God. So you have won the VICTORY over these people, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

"These people BELONG to the world. That’s why they speak the thoughts of the world, and the world listens to them. We BELONG TO GOD. The person who knows God, LISTENS to us. Whoever doesn’t belong to God, does NOT LISTEN to us. That’s how we can tell the Spirit of TRUTH from the spirit of lies."

 

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"Because we are God's MASTERPIECE, created in Christ Jesus to do Good Works, which God prepared before the beginning of TIME for us to DO." (Ephesians 2:10)


The PURPOSE of your life is far far GREATER than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind or even your happiness. It's FAR GREATER than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions. If you want to know WHY you were placed on this planet, you must begin with God. YOU & I WERE BORN BY and or FOR GOD'S PURPOSE!

None of us will really understand our IDENTITY and our PURPOSE in LIFE EXCEPT through AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST.

God was thinking of YOU long before YOU ever thought about God. Long before you and I were conceived by our parents, we were conceived in the MIND OF GOD. It was not fate, nor chance, nor luck, nor coincidence that you are breathing at this very moment. You are alive because God wanted to create you! The Bible says, "The LORD WILL FULFILL HIS PURPOSE IN ME." (Psalms 138:8a (NIV)

Before we were conceived, God had PURPOSED our life. We may choose our careers, our spouses, our hobbies, and many other things in life, but we don't get to choose our PURPOSE.

God's PURPOSE of your life fits into a MUCH MUCH LARGER cosmic PURPOSE that God designed from ETERNITY.


"Everything started in HIM and finds it PURPOSE in HIM." Colossians 1:16b
 

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2 Thessalonians 1:


From Paul, Silas, and Timothy. To the CHURCH united with GOD, our Father and the LORD Jesus Christ:
"GOOD WILL and PEACE from God our Father and the LORD JESUS CHRIST are yours!

"We always have to THANK GOD for YOU, Brothers and Sisters. It’s RIGHT to do this because your FAITH is showing remarkable growth and your LOVE for each other is increasing. That’s why we brag in God’s churches about your ENDURANCE and FAITH in all the persecutions and suffering you are experiencing.

"Your suffering proves that God’s judgment is right and that you are considered WORTHY of His Kingdom.

"Certainly, it is RIGHT for God to GIVE SUFFERING to those who cause YOU to suffer.


"It is also right for God to give all of us RELIEF from our suffering.



He will do THIS when the LORD Jesus is REVEALED, coming from Heaven with His Mighty Angels in a blazing fire.


"He will take REVENGE on those who REFUSE to acknowledge God, and on those who REFUSE to respond to the Good News about our LORD Jesus.



"They will PAY the penalty by being destroyed FOREVER, by being SEPARATED from the LORD’s PRESENCE and from His Glorious Power. THIS will happen on THAT DAY when He comes to be HONORED among all His HOLY PEOPLE and ADMIRED by all who have BELIEVED IN HIM. This includes YOU because you believed the testimony we gave YOU.


"With THIS in mind, we always PRAY that our God will make YOU WORTHY OF HIS CALL. We also PRAY that through His Power He will help YOU accomplish every Good desire and help YOU do everything your FAITH produces. That way the Name of our Lord Jesus will be HONORED among YOU. Then, because of the GOOD WILL of JESUS CHRIST, our GOD and LORD, YOU will be HONORED by Him."


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Romans 5:11

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"And not only will we be saved, but we also rejoice right now in what God has done for us through our Lord Jesus Christ. It is because of Jesus that we are now God’s friends."
 

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Nothing Can Separate Us From God’s Love

Romans 8:28-39


"We know that ALL things WORK together for the GOOD of those who LOVE GOD — those whom HE has CALLED according to HIS PLAN.

"THIS IS TRUE because He already KNEW His people and had already APPOINTED them to have the same form as the IMAGE of HIS SON. Therefore, His SON is the firstborn among many Children.

"HE also CALLED those whom HE had already APPOINTED. He APPROVED of those whom HE had CALLED, and HE gave GLORY to THOSE whom HE had APPROVED.

"What can we say about all of THIS? IF GOD is FOR us, who can be against us?



"God didn’t spare HIS OWN SON, but handed HIM over to death FOR ALL OF US. So HE will also give us EVERYTHING along with HIM.



"Who will ACCUSE THOSE WHOM GOD HAS CHOSEN? God has APPROVED them.



"Who will condemn them? Christ has DIED, and more importantly, HE was brought back to life. Christ has the HIGHEST POSITION IN HEAVEN. Christ also INTERCEDES for us.



"WHAT will separate us from the love Christ has for us? Can trouble, distress, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, or violent death separate us from HIS LOVE?


"As Scripture SAYS:

“We (HE also CALLED those whom HE had already APPOINTED) are being killed all day long for you (Christ's Church). We are thought of as sheep to be slaughtered.”



"THE ONE WHO LOVES US gives us an overwhelming VICTORY IN ALL THESE DIFFICULTIES!



"I AM CONVINCED THAT NOTHING CAN EVER SEPARATE US FROM GOD'S LOVE, WHICH IS CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD SHOWS US.


"We CAN'T be separated BY death or life, by angels or rulers, by anything in the PRESENT or anything in the FUTURE, by forces or powers in the world ABOVE or in the world BELOW, or by ANYTHING in creation."
 

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Romans 15

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"So those of us who have a STRONG FAITH must be patient with the weaknesses of those whose faith is NOT so strong. We must NOT think only of ourselves.

"We SHOULD ALL BE CONCERNED ABOUT NEIGHBOR and the good things that will build his/her FAITH.

"CHRIST did not think only of Himself. Rather, as Scripture says, “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”

God Gives Us Unity

'Everything written long ago was written to teach us so that we would have CONFIDENCE through the ENDURANCE and ENCOURAGEMENT which the Scriptures give us.

"May God, who gives you this endurance and encouragement, allow you to live in harmony with each other by following the example of Christ Jesus.

"Then, having the same goal, you will PRAISE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

"Therefore, ACCEPT each other in the same way that CHRIST ACCEPT YOU. He did this to BRING GLORY TO GOD. Let me explain. CHRIST became a servant for the Jewish people to reveal God’s TRUTH.

"As a result, He fulfilled God’s PROMISE to the ancestors of the Jewish people. People who are not Jewish PRAISE GOD FOR HIS MERCY as well. This is what the Scriptures say,

“That is why I will give thanks to You among the nations and I will sing PRAISES to Your Name.”

"And Scripture says again,

“You nations, be happy together with His people!”

"And again,

“PRAISE THE LORD, all you nations!
PRAISE HIM, all you people of the world!”



"Again, Isaiah says,

“There will be a ROOT from Jesse.
He will rise to RULE the nations,
and He will give the nations HOPE.”


"May God, the source of HOPE, fill you with JOY and PEACE through your FAITH in Him. Then you will overflow with HOPE by the Power of the Holy Spirit."
 

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1 John 3:1-24 (Common English Bible (CEB)

"See what kind of LOVE that the Father has GIVEN to us in that we should be called "God’s children," and that is who we are! Because the world didn’t recognize Him, it doesn’t recognize us!


"Dear friends, now we are "God’s children", and it hasn’t yet appeared what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him because we’ll see Him as He is.



"And everyone of you who has this HOPE in Him PURIFIES yourselves even as He is PURE.



"Every person who practices SIN commits an act of rebellion, and SIN is rebellion.



"You know that He appeared to take AWAY SIN, and there is NO Sin in Him.



"Every person who remains in relationship to Him does NOT sin. Any person who sins has not SEEN Hm or KNOWN Him.


"Little children, make SURE that no one DECEIVES you. The person who practices RIGHTEOUSNESS is Righteous, in the same way that Jesus is Righteous.


"The person who practices Sin belongs to the devil, because the devil has been SINNING since the beginning. God’s Son appeared for this purpose: TO DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL.


"Those BORN from God don’t PRACTICE SIN because God’s DNA remains in them. They can’t sin because they are BORN from God.



"This is how God’s children and the devil’s children are apparent: those who don't PRACTICE righteousness is NOT from God, including the person who doesn’t love a brother or sister.



"This is the message that you HEARD from the beginning: LOVE EACH OTHER.


"Don’t behave like Cain, who belonged to the EVIL one and murdered his brother. And why did he kill him? He killed him because his own works were EVIL, but the works of his brother were Righteous.


"Don’t be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world HATES you. We know that we have transferred from death to LIFE, because we love the brothers and sisters. The person who does not LOVES, remains in death.


"Anyone who HATES a brother or sister is a MURDER, and you know that no murderer has Eternal Life residing in him.



"This is how we know LOVE: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.



"But if you have material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need and you don't care, how can the LOVE OF GOD remain in you?


"Little children, let’s not love with words or speech, but with ACTION and TRUTH.



"This is how we will know that we belong to the TRUTH and reassure our hearts in God’s Presence. Even if our hearts condemn us, God is GREATER than our hearts and KNOWS all things.



"Dear friends, if our HEARTS don’t condemn us, we have CONFIDENCE in our RELATIONSHIP to God. We receive whatever we ASK from Him because we keep His commandments and do what PLEASES Him.



"This is His commandment that we:

(1) BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF HIS SON JESUS CHRIST, and

(2) LOVE EACH OTHER as He commanded us.



"If you keep His commandments, you remain in God and God remains in you, and this is how we KNOW that He remains in us, because of His SPIRIT that He has given to us."
 

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2 Corinthians 5:20 - 21

"So we are CHRIST’S AMBASSADORS; God is making HIS APPEAL THROUGH US. We speak for Christ when we plead, “COME BACK TO GOD!”

Because God MADE Christ, Who NEVER sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be MADE RIGHT WITH GOD through Christ."
 

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Revelation 12:11 New Living Translation (NLT)

"And they have DEFEATED him BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
and BY THEIR TESTIMONY.

And they did NOT love their lives so much
that they were afraid to die."
 

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Colossians 1:15-23

THE SUPREMACY OF THE SON OF GOD


"The Son is the IMAGE of the INVISIBLE GOD, the FIRSTBORN over ALL Creation.

"Because IN HIM, ALL things were CREATED: things in Heaven and on Earth, Visible and INVISIBLE, whether Thrones or Powers or Rulers or Authorities; ALL THINGS HAVE BEEN CREATED THROUGH HIM AND FOR HIM.

HE is BEFORE ALL THINGS, and IN HIM, ALL things hold together. And HE is the HEAD of the Body, the Church; HE is the BEGINNING and the FIRSTBORN from among the dead, so that in EVERYTHING, HE might have the SUPREMACY. Because God was pleased to have ALL HIS FULLNESS DWELL IN HIM and THROUGH HIM to Reconcile to HIMSELF ALL THINGS, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making PEACE THROUGH HIS BLOOD SHED ON THE CROSS.

"Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your MINDS because of your EVIL behavior. But NOW, HE has Reconciled you by CHRIST'S Physical Body through death to present you HOLY IN HIS SIGHT, without blemish and free from accusation — if you CONTINUE IN YOUR FAITH: established and firm, and do not move from the HOPE held out in the Gospel. THIS IS THE GOSPEL THAT YOU HEARD and that has been proclaimed to EVERY creature under Heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant."
 

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Phillippians 4:4-9

"ALWAYS BE FULL OF JOY IN THE LORD.:blowkiss: I say it AGAIN — REJOICE! Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the LORD IS COMING SOON.

"DON'T WORRY about anything; instead, PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING. TELL GOD what you need, and THANK HIM FOR ALL HE HAS DONE. Then you will experience God’s PEACE, which exceeds anything we can understand. His PEACE WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS AS YOU LIVE IN CHRIST JESUS.

"And now, Dear brothers and sisters, ONE FINAL THING: Fix your thoughts on what is TRUE, AND HONORABLE AND RIGHT AND PURE AND LOVELY, AND ADMIRABLE. Think about things that are EXCELLENT AND WORTHY OF PRAISE.

"Keep putting into PRACTICE all you LEARNED and RECEIVED from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then THE GOD OF PEACE WILL BE WITH YOU."
 

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Phillippians 4:4-9

"ALWAYS BE FULL OF JOY IN THE LORD.:blowkiss: I say it AGAIN — REJOICE! Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the LORD IS COMING SOON.

"DON'T WORRY about anything; instead, PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING. TELL GOD what you need, and THANK HIM FOR ALL HE HAS DONE. Then you will experience God’s PEACE, which exceeds anything we can understand. His PEACE WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS AS YOU LIVE IN CHRIST JESUS.

"And now, Dear brothers and sisters, ONE FINAL THING: Fix your thoughts on what is TRUE, AND HONORABLE AND RIGHT AND PURE AND LOVELY, AND ADMIRABLE. Think about things that are EXCELLENT AND WORTHY OF PRAISE.

"Keep putting into PRACTICE all you LEARNED and RECEIVED from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then THE GOD OF PEACE WILL BE WITH YOU."

Sandra I guess your out again on the street corner selling that thing??. Posting late at night only tells me what I already knew.

Stay off the corner girl. Surely all that money your brother has made, he can get you some help.
 

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"Our lives are HID IN CHRIST." \O/ :)

"GREATER IS CHRIST IN ME, than he who is in the world." \O/ :)

"CHRIST IN me, THE HOPE OF GLORY!" \O/ :)

HALLELU-YAH! YAHWEH IS LORD! '\o/ :)

"JESUS CHRIST IS LORD OF ALL!" \o/


ain't NOBODY mad but the DEVIL ... lol \o/
 

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"Our lives are HID IN CHRIST." \O/ :)

"GREATER IS CHRIST IN ME, than he who is in the world." \O/ :)

"CHRIST IN me, THE HOPE OF GLORY!" \O/ :)

HALLELU-YAH! YAHWEH IS LORD! '\o/ :)

"JESUS CHRIST IS LORD OF ALL!" \o/


ain't NOBODY mad but the DEVIL ... lol \o/

You got the devil in you for sure. LOL get you act together and leave the pulpit pimps alone. Hey why are you and Veags using 3 and 4 user names on here?

Should I list them all?
 

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1 John 4 (New Living Translation)

4 "But YOU belong to God, my Dear Children. YOU have already WON THE VICTORY over those people, because the SPIRIT Who lives in YOU [CHRIST] IS GREATER than the spirit who lives in the world. 5 Those people BELONG to this world, so they speak from the world’s VIEWPOINT, and the world listens to them. 6 But WE BELONG TO GOD, and those who know God, LISTEN to us. If they do NOT belong to God, they do NOT listen to us. That is how we know if someone has the Spirit of TRUTH vs. the spirit of DECEPTION.

7 "Dear friends, let us continue to LOVE ONE ANOTHER BECAUSE LOVE COMES FROM GOD. Anyone who LOVES IS A CHILD OF GOD, and KNOWS GOD. 8 But anyone who does NOT LOVE, DOES NOT KNOW GOD BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE.

9 "God showed how much He LOVED us by sending His ONE and ONLY SON into the world so that we might have Eternal Life through HIM. 10 THIS IS REAL LOVE: Not that we loved God, but that HE LOVED US, AND SENT HIS SON AS A SACRIFICE TO TAKE AWAY OUR SINS. [HalleluYAH!]


11 "Dear friends, since God LOVED US THAT MUCH, we surely ought to LOVE EACH OTHER. 12 No one has ever seen God. But if WE LOVE EACH OTHER, then God LIVES IN US, and HIS LOVE IS BROUGHT TO FULL EXPRESSION IN US.


13 And God has given us HIS Spirit as proof that WE LIVE IN HIM and HE IN US. 14 Also, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent HIS SON to be the SAVIOR of the world. 15 All who CONFESS that" JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD" HAVE GOD LIVING IN THEM and THEY LIVE IN GOD.


16 We KNOW how much GOD LOVES US, and we have put our trust in HIS LOVE. GOD IS LOVE, And ALL WHO LIVE IN LOVE LIVE IN GOD, and GOD LIVES IN THEM. 17 AND AS WE LIVE IN GOD, OUR LOVE GROWS MORE PERFECT. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face HIM with confidence because WE LIVE LIKE JESUS HERE IN THIS WORLD.


18 "SUCH LOVE HAS NO FEAR because PERFECT LOVE EXPELS ALL FEAR. If we are afraid, it is because of a fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced HIS PERFECT LOVE. 19 WE LOVE EACH OTHER BECAUSE HE LOVED US FIRST.​

20 If someone says, “I LOVE GOD,” but HATES a Christian brother or sister, that person is a LIAR; for if we don’t LOVE people we can SEE, how can we LOVE GOD, whom we CANNOT SEE?

21 And HE has given us THIS command: THOSE WHO LOVE GOD MUST ALSO LOVE THEIR CHRISTIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS."
 

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COLOSSIANS 3:1-

LIVING THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS...

"Since YOU have been raised to NEW LIFE WITH CHRIST, set your SIGHTS on the realities of HEAVEN, where Christ Sits In The Place of HONOR at God’s Right Hand.

"Think about the things of Heaven, NOT the things of earth. Because YOU died to THIS LIFE, and your REAL LIFE IS HIDDEN WITH CHRIST IN GOD.

"And when Christ, Who is Your LIFE, is REVEALED to the whole world, YOU WILL SHARE IN ALL HIS GLORY.

5 So put to DEATH THE SINFUL, EARTHLY THINGS LURKING WITHING YOU. Have NOTHING TO DO WITH xesual IMMORALITY, IMPURITY, LIST, and EVIL DESIRES.

"DON'T BE GREEDY because a greedy person is an IDOLATER, worshiping the THINGS OF THIS WORLD.

"Because of these SINS, the ANGER OF GOD IS COMING.

"You used to do these things when your life was still part of this WORLD But NOW IS THE TIME TO GET RID OF ANGER, RAGE, MALICIOUS BEHAVIOR, SLANDER AND DIRTY LANGUAGE.

"DON'T LIE TO EACH OTHER BECAUSE YOU HAVE STRIPPED OFF YOUR OLD SINFUL NATURE AND ALL ITS WICKED DEEDS.

"PUT ON YOUR NEW NATURE, AND BE RENEWED AS YOU LEARN TO KNOW YOUR CREATOR AND BECOME LIKE HIM!

"In THIS NEW LIFE, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE A JEW OR A GENTILE, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. CHRIST IS ALL THAT MATTERS, AND HE LIVES IN ALL OF US."


 

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2 Peter 2:1-18 New Living Translation (NLT)

THE DANGER OF FALSE TEACHERS...

2 "But there were also FALSE PROPHETS in Israel, just as there will be FALSE TEACHERS among you.

"They will cleverly teach DESTRUCTIVE HERESIES and even DENY the Master who bought them. In this way, THEY WILL BRING SUDDEN DESTRUCTION ON THEMSELVES.

2 "Many will follow their EVIL TEACHING and shameful immorality. And because of these Teachers, THE WAY OF TRUTH WILL BE SLANDERED.

3 "In THEIR GREED, they will make up CLEVER LIES to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and THEIR DESTRUCTION will NOT be delayed.

4 "Because God DID NOT SPARE THE ANGELS WHO SINNED. He threw them into HELL IN GLOOMY PITS OF DARKNESS, where they are being held until the DAY OF JUDGMENT.

5 "And God DID NOT SPARE THE ANCIENT WORLD — except for NOAH and the SEVEN others in his family. Noah WARNED THE WORLD of God’s RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT. So God PROTECTED Noah when He DESTROYED THE WOULD OF UNGODLY PEOPLE with a vast flood.

6 "Later, GOD CONDEMNED THE CITIES OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH and turned them into HEAPS OF ASHES. He made them AN EXAMPLE of what will happen to ungodly people. 7 But God also RESCUED Lot OUT OF SODOM because he was a Righteous man who was sick of the Shameful Immorality of the Wicked people around him. 8 Yes, Lot was a Righteous man who was Tormented In his Soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day.

9 "So you see, the LORD KNOWS HOW TO RESCUE GODLY PEOPLE FROM THEIR TRIALS, even while keeping the Wicked under PUNISHMENT until the Day of FINAL JUDGMENT. 10 He is especially HARD ON THOSE WHO FOLLOW THEIR OWN TWISTED xesual DESIRE, and who DESPISE AUTHORITY.

THESE PEOPLE ARE PROUD AND ARROGANT, daring even to scoff at supernatural beings without so much as trembling. 11 But the Angels, who are far GREATER in Power and Strength, do not dare to bring from the LORD a charge of blasphemy against those supernatural beings.

12 "These FALSE TEACHERS are like unthinking ANIMALS, CREATURES of instinct, born to be CAUGHT AND DESTROYED. They scoff at things they do not understand, and like animals, THEY WILL BE DESTROYED. 13 Their destruction is their REWARD for the HARM they have DONE. They love to indulge in EVIL PLEASURES in broad daylight. They are a DISGRACE and a STAIN among you. They delight in DECEPTION even as they eat with you in your FELLOWSHIP meals.

14 "They COMMIT ADULTERY WITH THEIR EYES, and THEIR DESIRE FOR SIN IS NEVER SATISFIED. They LURE UNSTABLE INTO SIN, and they are WELL TRAINED GREED. They live under GOD'S CURSE.

15 They have wandered OFF THE RIGHT ROAD and FOLLOWED THE FOOTSTEPS of Balaam son of Beor, who loved to earn money by DOING WRONG. 16 But Balaam was stopped from his MAD COURSE when his donkey REBUKED HIM WITH A HUMAN VOICE."

 

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Your going to hell for playing with GOD Sandra.
 

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"THE HOLINESS OF GOD - UNDERSTANDING OUR PRIESTLY RESPONSIBILITIES ... IN CHRIST"

"Matthew 5:13
“You are the SALT of the earth. But what GOOD IS SALT if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and TRAMPLED UNDERFOOT AS WORTHLESS."

Luke 14:34
“SALT IS GOOD FOR SEASONING. But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again?

Mark 9:50
SALT IS GOOD FOR SEASONING. But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again? You must have the qualities of SALT among yourselves and live in PEACE WITH EACH OTHER.”

Luke 14:35
FlavorLESS SALT is good NEITHER for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is THROWN AWAY. ANYONE WITH EARS TO HEAR SHOULD LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND!”​

I Peter 2:5, 9; You also, as lively stones, are built up a SPIRITUAL HOUSE, a Holy Priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God BY JESUS CHRIST. ... But YOU are a CHOSEN Generation, a ROYAL Priesthood, an HOLY Nation, a PECULIAR People; that YOU should show forth THE PRAISES OF HIM Who has called YOU out of darkness into HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT.​
"

The LORD calls us, HIS CHURCH, " a spiritual house." In verse 9, "...a CHOSEN Generation, a ROYAL Priesthood, a HOLY nation, and God's OWN People." He identifies that we are a GROUP, a SOCIETY, or a COMMUNITY, who are UNIQUE for His Service in the world. God is giving us something to do, and identifies who we are in God's name. The implication is that there is nothing like us on earth. HIS CHURCH IS UNIQUE. HIS CHURCH is CHOSEN, ROYAL, HOLY and "God's OWN" in a way that NO OTHER PEOPLE ARE.

God's use of the word, "house' can be understood either as indicating a building that people inhabit or, in this particular case, WHERE GOD LIVES IN" or in other places the sense of a dynasty or generation.

In that word, "Generation,' some modern Bibles translate it as either "kindred" or even "race." These terms have interesting differences, because a generation indicates people all born within the same period of time—as in "Generation X." 'Kindred' has a slightly different implication because it indicates a people or group related by something held in common—such as blood, character, or spirit. We even say, "They're kindred spirits."

CHRIST'S CHURCH represents Him and HIS KINGDOM in the earth. Something entirely UNIQUE, NEW, and DIFFERENT from all other races of mankind. In other words, A NEW RACE OF PEOPLE is being formed. What distinguishes this new race from other GROUPS of humanity is by THE WAY THEY LIVE AND WHAT THEY DO. THIS GROUP, COMMUNITY or SOCIETY "SHOWS FORTH THE PRAISES OF GOD."
 

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"THE HOLINESS OF GOD - UNDERSTANDING OUR PRIESTLY RESPONSIBILITIES ... IN CHRIST"

"Matthew 5:13
“You are the SALT of the earth. But what GOOD IS SALT if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and TRAMPLED UNDERFOOT AS WORTHLESS."

Luke 14:34
“SALT IS GOOD FOR SEASONING. But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again?

Mark 9:50
SALT IS GOOD FOR SEASONING. But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again? You must have the qualities of SALT among yourselves and live in PEACE WITH EACH OTHER.”

Luke 14:35
FlavorLESS SALT is good NEITHER for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is THROWN AWAY. ANYONE WITH EARS TO HEAR SHOULD LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND!”​

I Peter 2:5, 9; You also, as lively stones, are built up a SPIRITUAL HOUSE, a Holy Priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God BY JESUS CHRIST. ... But YOU are a CHOSEN Generation, a ROYAL Priesthood, an HOLY Nation, a PECULIAR People; that YOU should show forth THE PRAISES OF HIM Who has called YOU out of darkness into HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT.​
"

The LORD calls us, HIS CHURCH, " a spiritual house." In verse 9, "...a CHOSEN Generation, a ROYAL Priesthood, a HOLY nation, and God's OWN People." He identifies that we are a GROUP, a SOCIETY, or a COMMUNITY, who are UNIQUE for His Service in the world. God is giving us something to do, and identifies who we are in God's name. The implication is that there is nothing like us on earth. HIS CHURCH IS UNIQUE. HIS CHURCH is CHOSEN, ROYAL, HOLY and "God's OWN" in a way that NO OTHER PEOPLE ARE.

God's use of the word, "house' can be understood either as indicating a building that people inhabit or, in this particular case, WHERE GOD LIVES IN" or in other places the sense of a dynasty or generation.

In that word, "Generation,' some modern Bibles translate it as either "kindred" or even "race." These terms have interesting differences, because a generation indicates people all born within the same period of time—as in "Generation X." 'Kindred' has a slightly different implication because it indicates a people or group related by something held in common—such as blood, character, or spirit. We even say, "They're kindred spirits."

CHRIST'S CHURCH represents Him and HIS KINGDOM in the earth. Something entirely UNIQUE, NEW, and DIFFERENT from all other races of mankind. In other words, A NEW RACE OF PEOPLE is being formed. What distinguishes this new race from other GROUPS of humanity is by THE WAY THEY LIVE AND WHAT THEY DO. THIS GROUP, COMMUNITY or SOCIETY "SHOWS FORTH THE PRAISES OF GOD."

Well we all know from reading this forum you don't live holy. Sleeping with pulpit pimps is not living holy.

Practice what you try to preach girl.
 

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Christ's CHURCH focuses on a People who will truly SERVE AND BRING GLORY TO GOD, in contrast to those who are DRIVEN by Religious dogma. His CHURCH is a forerunner of what is COMING in the New Millennium. We are being formed BY THE HOLY SPIRIT for the PURPOSE OF SHOWING FOR GOD'S PRAISES. This is what a PRIEST does to the KING! This is why Peter wrote that "WE ARE TO OFFER UP (1) SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES (2) ACCEPTABLE TO GOD BY JESUS CHRIST."

This Priesthood is not yet fully formed, but rather, it is a Priesthood that is BEING FORMED under the LEADERSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. As such, we are expected to PERFORM CERTAIN FUNCTIONS in preparation for our formal installation that will NOT UNTIL CHRIST RETURNS and the establishment of the KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH UNDER CHRIST — when that Priesthood will appear suddenly, fully formed.

Now, God has spent 6,000 years forming it. We are "CALLED TO BE KINGS AND PRIESTS TO GOD.' And even now, we MUST understand that we are already "Kings and Priesthood to God." We are Kings and a Priesthood IN TRAINING with responsibilities, because Peter said in verse 5 that we are to offer up spiritual sacrifices.

I Peter 2:5, 9: You also, as lively stones, are built up a SPIRITUAL HOUSE, a Holy Priesthood, to offer up (1) Spiritual Sacrifices, (2) Acceptable to God BY JESUS CHRIST. ... But YOU are a CHOSEN Generation, a ROYAL Priesthood, an HOLY Nation, a PECULIAR People; that YOU should show forth THE PRAISES OF HIM Who has called YOU out of darkness into HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT."


We are CALLED BY GOD to put CHRIST, God's WORD, first place in our lives:

Colossians 2:16-17 New Living Translation

16 "SO DON'T LET ANYONE JUDGE YOU because of what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain HOLY DAYS or new moon ceremonies or SABBATHS. Because these rules are only SHADOWS of the reality yet to come. AND CHRIST HIMSELF IS THAT REALITY."

To paraphrase this, what Paul is saying in today's vernacular is:

"These are a shadow of FUTURE THINGS, but the substance or reality [meaning that which is real; that which is firm] belongs to Christ."

He is saying that Old Testament activities POINT to Spiritual Realities under the NEW COVENANT. He is NOT saying that Old Covenant activities NO longer have to be observed, but rather they need to be RAISED or elevated so they can be understood and applied in their God-intended Spiritual sense. They to be understood in a Spiritual Sense, rather than something that is merely material and PHYSICAL.
 

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Christ's CHURCH focuses on a People who will truly SERVE AND BRING GLORY TO GOD, in contrast to those who are DRIVEN by Religious dogma. His CHURCH is a forerunner of what is COMING in the New Millennium. We are being formed BY THE HOLY SPIRIT for the PURPOSE OF SHOWING FOR GOD'S PRAISES. This is what a PRIEST does to the KING! This is why Peter wrote that "WE ARE TO OFFER UP (1) SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES (2) ACCEPTABLE TO GOD BY JESUS CHRIST."

This Priesthood is not yet fully formed, but rather, it is a Priesthood that is BEING FORMED under the LEADERSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. As such, we are expected to PERFORM CERTAIN FUNCTIONS in preparation for our formal installation that will NOT UNTIL CHRIST RETURNS and the establishment of the KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH UNDER CHRIST — when that Priesthood will appear suddenly, fully formed.

Now, God has spent 6,000 years forming it. We are "CALLED TO BE KINGS AND PRIESTS TO GOD.' And even now, we MUST understand that we are already "Kings and Priesthood to God." We are Kings and a Priesthood IN TRAINING with responsibilities, because Peter said in verse 5 that we are to offer up spiritual sacrifices.

I Peter 2:5, 9: You also, as lively stones, are built up a SPIRITUAL HOUSE, a Holy Priesthood, to offer up (1) Spiritual Sacrifices, (2) Acceptable to God BY JESUS CHRIST. ... But YOU are a CHOSEN Generation, a ROYAL Priesthood, an HOLY Nation, a PECULIAR People; that YOU should show forth THE PRAISES OF HIM Who has called YOU out of darkness into HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT."


We are CALLED BY GOD to put CHRIST, God's WORD, first place in our lives:

Colossians 2:16-17 New Living Translation

16 "SO DON'T LET ANYONE JUDGE YOU because of what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain HOLY DAYS or new moon ceremonies or SABBATHS. Because these rules are only SHADOWS of the reality yet to come. AND CHRIST HIMSELF IS THAT REALITY."

To paraphrase this, what Paul is saying in today's vernacular is:

"These are a shadow of FUTURE THINGS, but the substance or reality [meaning that which is real; that which is firm] belongs to Christ."

He is saying that Old Testament activities POINT to Spiritual Realities under the NEW COVENANT. He is NOT saying that Old Covenant activities NO longer have to be observed, but rather they need to be RAISED or elevated so they can understood and applied in their God-intended Spiritual sense. They to be understood in a Spiritual Sense, rather than something that is merely material and PHYSICAL.


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRhRGwPjdPY]Sandra Crouch - Completely Yes - YouTube[/ame]

Why don't you get back to these day Sandra??

You say you love the lord. But from your actions I can't tell.

Powerful voice. But you don't practice what you preach.
 

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What can take my Sin away? Nothing but the BLOOD OF JESUS! \o/o/\o/

HALLELU-YAH! CELEBRATE GOD! THE LORD! \o/\o/
 

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More games from a so called preacher. She can't even answer a simple question.
 

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1 Corinthians 6:20
Because "GOD BOUGHT YOU WITH A HIGH PRICE. So you must HONOR God with your body."


1 Corinthians 7:23
"GOD PAID A HIGH PRICE FOR YOU, so don’t be enslaved by the world."


Philippians 3:1
""WHATEVER happens, my Dear Brothers and Sisters, REJOICE IN THE LORD! I never get TIRED of telling you these things, and I do it to SAFEGUARD YOUR FAITH."


1 Peter 1:4
"And WE HAVE A PRICELESS INHERITANCE — An INHERITANCE that is kept in HEAVEN FOR YOU and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay."
 

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