Mark 4:11-12 [11]And He was saying to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables, [12]so that while seeing, they may see and not perceive, and while hearing, they may hear and not understand, otherwise they might return and be forgiven."

@FollowerOfTheLight2782

15 күн бұрын

Mark 3 is the answear.

Ephesians 4:32😊❤ and Romans 8:1-39😊❤

@PaulLee-rs8uw

15 күн бұрын

Genesis 41:50-52❤ " 50 Before the year of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph😊❤. Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore them to him. 51 Joseph😊❤ called the name of the firstborn Manasseh( " " Manasseh" from Genesis 41:51a ) which has the sense of " forget" reflect how things have moved on for Joseph, it ironically also recalls his father's household."( ESV Study Bible) "For( Because) he(Joseph😊❤) said, " God😊100%❤ has made me forgot all my hardship and all my father's house." 52 The name of the second he(Joseph😊❤) called Ephraim,( " Ephraim" " which means " twice fruitful," recalls the recurring theme of being fruitful( from Genesis 1:28 )."( ESV Study Bible) " For God(😊100%❤) has made me fruitful in the land of my afflication." "( Genesis 41:50-52 ESV Study Bible and all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ also for and in Christ Jesus😊1st❤ too in Christ😊❤. In Genesis 41:50-52 " The names of the two boys reveal that Joseph😊❤ has not entirely forgotten the past. While the name, " Manasseh" from Genesis 41:51a ) which has the sense of " forget" reflect how things have moved on for Joseph, it ironically also recalls his father's household."( ESV Study Bible). In addition, " The name "Ephraim" " which means " twice fruitful," recalls the recurring theme of being fruitful( from Genesis 1:28 )."( ESV Study Bible) Ephesians 4:32 " 32 Be kind😊❤ to one 😊❤ another😊❤ tenderhearted😊❤, forgiving ❤ one😊❤ another😊❤, as God( God our Father 😊100%❤ in heaven) in Christ forgave you."( Ephesians 4:32 ESV Study Bible)

God works in mysterious ways. Sometimes he uses Satan to interfere with his effort to save souls. It is useless to ask why God needs Satan to do what needs to be done.

I have been struggling with a question about God our Lord Jesus Christ. I have watched a video of a man who claims to have been shown hell and given reasons why some of the people he saw there were in hell. My question is why would God send lifelong believers of Jesus christ to hell because they struggled with forgiveness of one person in their heart despite trying but fell short, yet lived their whole life according to Gods word. Isn't God an all-forgiving God? Why would God send Jesus life long believers to hell when we are all humans and struggle with sin? Wouldn't we all then go to hell? Why would God have sent his only begotten Son to die such a horrific death and suffer so much if we would all get sent to hell still so easily? It seems to great a sacrifice to still send us to hell when God knows we are human and will always fall short of Gods glory. Please help me understand. I'm autistic and struggle with understanding some of the Bible. I feel Gid led me here to ask these questions. I thank you to anyone who reads this and has some insight that can help me understand.

@Gods_Blessings_For_You

15 күн бұрын

You can't trust any NDE experience just based on testimony alone. They may be lying (far too many are), or they may be telling the truth but mistaken about what they think they experienced, or they may not be able to remember everything, etc. etc. While interesting, none should be taken as gospel. As for ending up in hell because you couldn't forgive people who hurt you - I honestly don't think you have to worry about that. A loving, all-knowing God would understand your human weakness. Do not trouble yourself.

@anssi3001

15 күн бұрын

NDEs arent biblical Luke 16:30-31

@phieble

15 күн бұрын

Romans 8:32 - Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? If you are saved it is because God sacrificed his Son who suffered his wrath and died while bearing your sins on himself and then rose from the dead to completely free you from condemnation. Since the Father was willing to pay the greatest cost of all in his holy Son's life, he will surely make sure that his children have all they need to get to heaven so that his sacrifice is not wasted. So all sin that remains in a Christian's life has already been forgiven and it's power and presence will be taken care of gradually and then completely when Jesus returns. We just prove we are truly saved by loving and trusting him while obeying his word. 1 John 3:2 - Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.

@chumn905

15 күн бұрын

I wouldn’t worry because nothing you could ever do could get you God’s favor. The Bible even says our righteous acts are like filthy rags to Him. We all everyone of us deserves Hell. It’s not like a rat race, and then some people ‘escape’ Hell. We are all Hell bound, the only difference is that God saves us. (Side tangent, the Bible also says that God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked, so there are concurrent realities surrounding the complex reality of Hell, but this passage lets us know that in God’s administering of justice and full wrath, He’s not sitting there sort of maniacally laughing. God will exercise full Godly wisdom and power). Therefore, our knowledge of salvation and belief in Jesus is an astonishing thing (that I believe God allows us and invites us into participation with his plan for redemption of the world). It’s not something worked for. But our belief is something given to us. If you believe, you WILL be saved because it’s God’s strength He’s allowing you to call on, not any other. Now for the unforgiveness, I’m inclined to agree with what others have responded to you with, that you should seek out the Bible and also wiser people (such as ppl on the internet like John Piper, Timothy Keller, RC Sproul, and ur Christian community etc.) and trust in God. How can you trust in anything else? Believe in God’s strength. If I were to muse on the subject however, I might speculate that these people had known and claimed to believe in Jesus as their savior, but didn’t *Believe* in Him. Though this might sound scary, as if you can’t be sure as to if you’re saved and you can’t know if your profession of faith is ever genuine or effectual, i would encourage you to just keep on looking to God. Remember, it’s not just words or thoughts that can save you. Don’t think about it as a matter of ‘getting into heaven’ but the fact that God wants to reconcile His people to Him. You might ask, ‘How do I know if person A’s profession of faith is genuine or person B’s profession is?’ But don’t look at their profession. Don’t look to words. Behind salvation is always God’s work. I say all these things to preface that I believe that some people can profess faith but not look to God for salvation. Even many Christians believe that by doing ‘good deeds’ God will reward them with Heaven. The trouble is, these people still look to themselves as their own savior. They trust their own moral ‘perfection’ and think they can earn their value. So in this way, unforgiveness may be a fruit of this standing. If your life is centered around your own strength and ability, unforgiveness can be a defining aspect of your being because you say to yourself, ‘I would never do what they did to me’ ‘I’m better than them’ or ‘How could they have done that? I would never do that myself’. But we are all moral failures. But just look to God! Don’t trust your own strength, just be completely assured in His salvation to you though you did not deserve it. If you can’t forgive others and this defines how you value yourself, you’re rejecting the value that God gives. You aren’t looking to God as your savior. I would just end with this, just focus on God and His strength more than anything. Of course it’s good to wrestle with these topics and even cry out in desperation. But know that Christ is the savior, not yourself. Ask Him to take your very will and conform it to Himself. Ask that it would be His glory that shines through you, just keep on asking for Him and not for yourself, because only He can save. And ask that as you grow, He will take away your unforgiveness and give you assurance of salvation. We will never be perfect of course, so don’t let your imperfections give you fear. But they shouldn’t be the defining way you characterize yourself because God is your savior. And what might help is knowing that belief is a gift from God, your relationship is a gift from God. God is gracious to even let us know about Him. I wouldn’t focus so much on the fact about our moral culpability, as people who don’t believe in election may sometimes tend to do, just know that we were separated from God. We have sinned. So don’t focus on the quality of your ‘lostness’ or belief, just know that God has done, He defeated Death, and now you can enjoy belief and a relationship with Him. I hope this helps. But feel free to wrestle more with this and seek out the Word of God and other resources as much as you can.

@robertawilliams8073

15 күн бұрын

Good morning 😊 Unbelief is the only unforgivable sin. Accepting salvation, the deliverance of all sin once and for all, thru the shed blood of Jesus was not available to those who died before HE died for the sins of the world. So it would make since for GOD to visit Hell. Those who have been exposed to THE WORD yet refuse to confess, repent and openly profess their need to be saved are still lost. Only babies and small children are not accountable for what they don't know or understand. Jesus doesn't send people to Hell. People who make ungodly choices who function under false and un-Christlike beliefs send themselves to Hell. People who don't fully understand GOD'S freewill, usually make wrong choices to their own detrement. One of my closest friends is Autistic. She is 75 yrs old. She loves Jesus with all her heart. She lives independently. She is extremely intelligent yet her affliction is tempered by GOD'S Grace. Petra speaks three languages: German, Spanish, and English. She has seen and experienced many challenges in her life. She is also struggling with understanding certain parts the Holy Scriptures, but she is eagerly seeking to learn. She has been in my life for 12 years. She constantly affirms her commitment to serving GOD first and others. I enjoy studying with her. We know we are Loved and so are you by the same Spirit. I will keep you lifted up in prayer and lovingly suggest you read and study the Book of James - JESUS,s halfbrother. May the GRACE of Our LORD and SAVIOR - JESUS CHRIST and the GUIDANCE of The HOLY SPIRIT rest rule and abide in your heart and life Forever., my Friend. 🤗🙌🙏✌️❤️💐🤗

Can you please add transcription on your Ask Pastor John Podcast episodes!

@Mhaydy99

15 күн бұрын

They are on Desiring God website

Romans 8:28😊❤-39😊❤

@PaulLee-rs8uw

15 күн бұрын

Genesis 41:50-52❤ " 50 Before the year of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph😊❤. Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore them to him. 51 Joseph😊❤ called the name of the firstborn Manasseh( " " Manasseh" from Genesis 41:51a ) which has the sense of " forget" reflect how things have moved on for Joseph, it ironically also recalls his father's household."( ESV Study Bible) "For( Because) he(Joseph😊❤) said, " God😊100%❤ has made me forgot all my hardship and all my father's house." 52 The name of the second he(Joseph😊❤) called Ephraim,( " Ephraim" " which means " twice fruitful," recalls the recurring theme of being fruitful( from Genesis 1:28 )."( ESV Study Bible) " For God(😊100%❤) has made me fruitful in the land of my afflication." "( Genesis 41:50-52 ESV Study Bible and all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ also for and in Christ Jesus😊1st❤ too in Christ😊❤. In Genesis 41:50-52 " The names of the two boys reveal that Joseph😊❤ has not entirely forgotten the past. While the name, " Manasseh" from Genesis 41:51a ) which has the sense of " forget" reflect how things have moved on for Joseph, it ironically also recalls his father's household."( ESV Study Bible). In addition, " The name "Ephraim" " which means " twice fruitful," recalls the recurring theme of being fruitful( from Genesis 1:28 )."( ESV Study Bible) Ephesians 4:32 " 32 Be kind😊❤ to one 😊❤ another😊❤ tenderhearted😊❤, forgiving ❤ one😊❤ another😊❤, as God( God our Father 😊100%❤ in heaven) in Christ forgave you."( Ephesians 4:32 ESV Study Bible)

(2:10) As it pertains to the fall of Satan, firstly he was not created perfect because in that case he would be incapable of falling. Only God is perfect, but we were created 'good,' as in well-functioning, until it was undone. 2ndly, the only rational / conceivable explanation to Satan's fall is that it was God's plan to use him as the direct causal agent in evil with the intention to magnify his own glory by triumphing over him. Even if one argues that God didn't plan Satan's fall, there's no reason why God wouldn't stop his rebellion when he knew the eternally devestating consequences and also why God wouldn't ordain or allow Satan a chance of repentance after his rebellion yet he has elect among human beings. Why were we more desired by God than Lucifer when Lucifer was made first and was closer to God and more beautiful as an angel? Satan's rebellion came because somehow God withdrew himself enough and veiled his glory to Satan (which was perfectly his right) so that Satan was not able to fully enjoy him (which is sin) but subsequently he got enamored with other beautiful things that God had made and then desired to have God's place as supreme and be independently in charge of his own pleasure and activity without being accountable to God. Satan, like all creatures, was made to worship and God is inherently/objectively the most holy, perfectly lovely being in all existence, so it's not possible to have full view of his glory and yet look upon created things and prefer them so much so that you rebel and don't even consider repentance, unless God allows it, and God never allows anything without a particular purpose- it would be less than all-wise and contrary to being loving since he has determined and knows perfectly the consequences of all that we do.

1. It is not God's will to save everyone, (yes double predestination is biblical) so Satan is the secondary (direct) causal agent in hardening hearts to prevent their repentance and faith unto salvation for God's purposes, while he cannot do this against God's elect when the Father / Jesus is drawing them to come. - Verses on predestination / reprobation Proverbs 16:4 Matthew 13:10-17, Matthew 26:20-25, Romans 9:14-23, John 6:35-47, John 8:33-47, John 10:14-30, John 17:6-10, Acts 13:44-49, 2 Corinthians 4:3-4, Revelation 13:1-10, Revelation 17:1-18, 2. So that God gets all the glory in making one born again and granting them repentance and faith so that they will respond to his drawing in the Gospel, when otherwise man could boast if Satan wasn't hindering them and we all truly had "free will" and used it to have repentance and faith on our own accord. We saints are (or eventually will be) more grateful because God delivered us as totally helpless and hardened by the devil than we would be if we were only partially hindered and thus ultimately decisive in our own salvation. 3. God gets more glory in his just wrath by multiplying the sin of Satan through enabling him to dominate our hearts spiritually and then devastating his efforts and judging him for his fatally malicious actions. As saints gain more biblical insight about the intricacies of God's works in their salvation, we will praise and thank God more humbly and triumphantly not just because Jesus saved us from personal sin, but also because he defeated and disabled our enemy and former slave master Satan to show the immense, infallible lengths of his absolute authority, wisdom, power, and love for his elect who were utterly helpless due to their sin nature that was cruficied and buried with Christ so that we could be not just forgiven and justified, but new creatures with a new nature of loving slavery to Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. We will also be more earnest and humble in our prayers for those still lost and be more grateful when he says them because we realize how much power Satan has over mankind and all that God alobe did to bring about salvation from beginning to end.

@hudsonokes306

15 күн бұрын

What do you make of 1 Timothy 2:3-4?

@phieble

15 күн бұрын

@@hudsonokes306 In advance, PLEASE pardon my length because this is not simple

@hudsonokes306

15 күн бұрын

@@phieble you are absolutely fine sir

@phieble

15 күн бұрын

@@hudsonokes306 Being sovereign over history, God's desires are sure to be fulfilled unless for some reason he is denying his desire for one thing because he is fulfilling a greater desire in another sense. Ex. God was displeased that Judas betrayed Jesus, yet he planned it along with the feeling of displeasure in the murder of Jesus in order to bring about salvation through the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus which he took utmost pleasure in. God plans bad things because he takes pleasure in the good things he will accomplish as a result, therefore his planning sin is not the same as directly making it happen (he uses the devil for this) or approving of it (since he always judges sin.) Therefore, either God wants all to be saved means that he would take pleasure in everyone being saved but he is denying himself their salvation which he makes happen because he is more pleased that some be saved while others are not, or the everyone who God desires to be saved does not mean every individual on earth but rather all kinds of people, or in other words, people from all nationalities, languages, cultures, and ethnicities which he has ensured will happen. This is supported and highlighted in John 12:32 and Revelation 5 because the Jewish audience at that time considered themselves the only righteous people of God who would be saved and inherit his kingdom, so the Messiah saving the Gentiles and Samaritans also was UNTHINKABLE. When they heard Jesus say he would draw all men, their minds weren't thinking every individual on earth but all kinds of people from all over, and that's the same way Paul uses the phrase in 1 Timothy 2 because as a Jew he was called as an apostle to the Gentiles and he needed to get Jews to wrap their heads around being one people with even Gentiles. So then, God has ensured that not everyone will be saved because he predestined those who are saved unto adoption before the foundation of the world. Ephesians 1 Since not everyone gets saved, and it is only by being chosen and drawn to Jesus by the Father that people come to faith (John 6) then those who don't get saved were not given the same grace that God gave in choosing those who were predestined.

@hudsonokes306

15 күн бұрын

@@phieble I have honestly never thought about it like that. I really appreciate your response. If this is true, it is definitely a tough pill to swallow, but who are we to judge the will of God. Thank you for your response. I think I need to do some further research into predestination.

Can everyone remember, please? Sure things are getting rough lately. Can we all take a deep breath and exult in the fact that Trump is not our president? Dr John Piper, oh-so-wise, has assured us that getting rid of Trump was more crucial than freedom and life itself.